Ghost shrimp, humpbacks, tiny plankton: See Puget Sound surge with springtime life
By Lynda V. Mapes, The Seattle Times
Published: April 25, 2021, 12:37pm
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POSSESSION SOUND, Everett — Now is the sweet season, with its lengthening days and warm radiance of spring on Puget Sound.
The return of the light is rousing the natural world from dormancy. Puget Sound is on the rebound, not only in the turn of the season, but in a resurgence of life.
Today there are more humpbacks and gray whales, more harbor porpoises and seals, more sea lions and more orcas in these waters than a generation ago. These surging populations are the result of decades of protection. An exception are southern resident killer whales, an endangered species. They, and the Chinook salmon the southern residents primarily eat, are struggling for survival against an array of threats.