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![Snow geese flocking and flying at Fir Island in Skagit County. (Courtesy: Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife.)](https://www.nwpb.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Snow-geese-at-Fir-Island-Photo-WDFW-500x500.jpg)
Snow geese winter population in Skagit on the rise, posing problems to farmers
In late autumn on the cusp of cool winter days, snow comes early to Washington when thousands of aloft avians, snow geese, land here in a flurry of white feathers.
“We call it a snow storm, they just will move as one,” said birder Julie Hagen. “It’s just this chaotic whirlwind of birds, they move like a cloud and then they just lift up in the air.”
![A skier in a red and white jacket and black pants skis on a trail covered in snow. The field is covered in snow. There is a red building in the middle-distance with hay under it and a gray building across the trail. The background has snowy hills with evergreen trees on them.](https://www.nwpb.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/XC-skier-Sunny-M-500x500.jpeg)
NASA satellites could be a new tool to help estimate snowpack, manage water resources
A cross country skier follows a trail on the Sunny M Ranch property in the Methow Valley. (Credit: Courtney Flatt / NW News Network) Listen (Runtime 1:06) Read New tools
![A mysterious disease in dogs is sickening hundreds of animals across the country, and killing some. That could be problematic this week as many people leave their animals in boarding facilities, or travel with their dogs to gather with family](https://www.nwpb.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/DOGS__Photo-1-500x500.jpg)
Traveling across the Northwest for the holidays? Maybe leave the dog safe at home
A mysterious disease in dogs is sickening hundreds of animals across the country, and killing some. That could be problematic this week as many people leave their animals in boarding
![Kili, a historical human remains search dog, is a yellow lab owned by Suzanne Elshult. Here, he pushes through the rye and bunchgrass in a field at Fort Simcoe Historical State Park in search of centuries-old human remains near White Swan, Wash.](https://www.nwpb.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/PHOTO-1-500x500.jpg)
Yakama descendants search for relatives’ remains at Mool-Mool, or Fort Simcoe Historical State Park
WATCH Listen (Runtime 4:15) Read Editor’s Note: This report is a collaboration between the Northwest News Network, Northwest Public Broadcasting and the Yakima Herald-Republic. A cultural edit was provided by
![Hands of multiple teenagers rest upon a brown table as teens use pipe cleaners and pom poms alongside documents.](https://www.nwpb.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Othello-teens-2-500x500.jpeg)
Othello teens want tourism, tech-start ups as town decides future with economic grant
Othello teens brainstorm ideas for what kinds of activities and jobs would be most interesting to them at The Lighthouse Community Center. (Credit: Marci Miller / Rural Development Initiatives) Listen
![A large gray squirrel sits on top of a light brown log. There is a stack of rocks next to the squirrel in the right hand side of the picture and green trees in the background. Courtesy: Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife)](https://www.nwpb.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Western-gray-squirrel-_-WDFW-500x500.jpg)
Western gray squirrels now considered ‘endangered’ in Washington
A Western gray squirrel. (Courtesy: Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife) Listen (Runtime 0:54) Read Western gray squirrels will now be listed as endangered in Washington. The state Fish and Wildlife
![Members of TAMWU celebrating after the announcement that workers unanimously voted for unionizing. (Credit: Gillian Fulford, AFSCME Council 28 / WFSE)](https://www.nwpb.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/gef_9789-500x500.jpg)
Workers at Tacoma Art Museum vote unanimously to unionize
To unionize, Tacoma Art Museum Workers United [TAMWU] needed the majority of its 26 workers to vote yes. After two days of voting in an election overseen by the Washington State Public Employment Relations Commission, the unanimous results came in Thursday evening — 26 in favor of unionizing.
![Blood pressure is measured.](https://www.nwpb.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Un-profesional-mide-la-tension-arterial-de-un-paciente_Credito_Mufid-Majnun_Unsplash-500x500.jpg)
WA amplía seguro médico para residentes indocumentados, pero no todos pueden pagarlo
Cerca de 105.000 personas tienen derecho a obtener un seguro médico en Washington. Esto se debe a que, por primera vez, los residentes indocumentados pueden adquirir un seguro médico a través de Washington Health Plan Finder.
![Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest.](https://www.nwpb.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Mt-Baker-Snoqualmie-National-Forest_Jamie-Pilgrim_Unsplash-500x500.jpg)
Una nieve más limpia podría frenar el cambio climático y proporcionar más agua potable
Científicos del Noroeste han descubierto que reducir la contaminación por los gases de efecto invernadero podría ensuciar menos la nieve. Eso significa que permanecería más tiempo en las montañas, según un estudio publicado en Nature Communications.
![Unionized Washington State University student workers hold signs at a rally on the WSU campus. They are standing in front of a brick building next to a big tree.](https://www.nwpb.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/WSU-Students-rally-on-the-Pullman-campus-September-27-2023_LP-500x500.jpg)
WSU Student workers could go on strike before final exams, end of semester
Unionized Washington State University student workers rally on the Pullman campus on September 27, 2023. (Credit: Lauren Paterson / NWPB) Listen (Runtime 1:00) Read As unionized Washington State University workers
![Volunteers with the Columbia Basin chapter of Washington's Native Plant Society met up at a local hiking hotspot in southeastern Washington on a cold November afternoon to replant sagebrush tubelings and scatter seeds on a small section of a burn scar. (Credit: Courtney Flatt / Northwest News Network)](https://www.nwpb.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/wide-group-planting-shot-500x500.jpeg)
Volunteers helping sagebrush, wildflowers grow where fires burned
Volunteers with the Columbia Basin chapter of Washington’s Native Plant Society met up at a local hiking hotspot in southeastern Washington on a cold November afternoon to replant sagebrush tubelings
![A grizzly bear in Yellowstone National Park. (Credit: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service)](https://www.nwpb.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/grizzly_bear_in_field_at_yellowstone_national_park-_usfws_-500x500.jpg)
Some tribal leaders support bringing grizzly bears to the North Cascades
Grizzly bear in Yellowstone National Park. (Credit: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service) Listen (Runtime 1:02) Read One Northwest tribe says bringing grizzlies to the North Cascades would restore harmony to
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