PORT TOWNSEND — Declining biotoxin levels have allowed Discovery Bay and parts of Hood Canal to be reopened to recreational harvesting of most species of shellfish. Discovery Bay shellfishing areas ...

Another stretch of beaches on Hood Canal is closed to shellfish harvest because of a health threat.

PORT TOWNSEND — The state Department of Health has closed the Northern Hood Canal area to the recreational harvest of all species of shellfish.

Using drones and Google Earth imagery, archaeologists have discovered a 4,000-year-old network of earthen canals in what's now Belize ...

Portions of the Annas Bay, Hood Canal 5 - Lilliwaup area, and Hood Canal 6 - Tahuya area in Mason County do not meet the stringent public health water quality standards and shellfish harvesting ...

“So, canals are not a recreational facility. We’re a utility provider, and really, it's not a good idea for anybody, any pet, to try to use the canals, recreationally.

California is spending $20 million on “Project Nexus.” The project involves covering sections of open water canals in California’s Stanislaus County with solar panels. Researchers will test ...

State health officials have closed part of a southern Hood Canal bay to commercial shellfish harvesting due to fecal contamination.

The Washington State Department of Health has upgraded its water quality rating for a stretch of tidelands near Hoodsport in southern Hood Canal, certifying that clams and oysters there are now ...

So far, Taylor Shellfish Farms in North Puget Sound haven’t seen much damage. But, further south, in the Hood Canal area, it’s a different story.

Using drones and Google Earth imagery, archaeologists have discovered a 4,000-year-old network of earthen canals in what’s now Belize. The findings were published Friday in Science Advances.