EarthViews Conservation Society

03/11/2026

This is a great question and gets to the heart of how we care for waterways.

Would You Jump Into Your Local River? Swimmable Cities May Be Within Reach as Once-Polluted Waterways Are Restored

Efforts to improve the “swimmability” of urban areas are gaining global traction, from Paris to Chicago

03/05/2026

Its great to hear Seattle will provide passage for salmon that the dams had blocked.

"The dams also cut off roughly 40% of the Skagit River’s habitat from migrating fish. By the time the federal government began the process of reissuing the dams’ operating license in the 2010s, bull trout, steelhead, and Chinook salmon connected to the Skagit system had all been listed under the Endangered Species Act."

For years, Seattle Public Utilities insisted its hydroelectric dams on the Skagit River were not harming salmon.

02/26/2026

Rivers support billions of people but remain among the least protected parts of the natural world, and we urgently need to prepare them for a more extreme future.

Extreme weather is transforming the world’s rivers. We need new ways to protect them

Rivers support billions of people but are among the least protected parts of nature. A major review shows what needs to be done as climate change accelerates.

01/30/2026

Hey Folks We will be teaching a class at SoundWaters University about Puget Sound Mapping Project. You can learn more about it here. Should be lots of fun to attend and learn about all things Puget Sound. Be sure to check out our Puget Sound Shoreline Map EarthViews https://arcgis.earthviews.com/puget-sound-home.html

https://soundwaterstewards.org/swu-class/visualizing-change-baseline-mapping-of-puget-sounds-shoreline-for-resilience-restoration/

| Taught by Brian Footen | This class introduces participants to the Puget Sound Shoreline Mapping Project (2023–2024), a collaborative initiative led by EarthViews Conservation Society in partnership with the…

01/05/2026

We are honored to have our Puget Sound Mapping project be featured on the this New Year. Please help start off the year and help us protect Puget Sound by sharing this video describing our work documenting and mapping the entire shoreline of Puget Sound. Thanks to Randy Eng for filming and production work on this. Thanks to Sean Duxon of Puget Soundkeeper Alliance as well.

01/03/2026

Thanks to Seattle Channel for helping us advocate for Puget Sound Protection!

12/31/2025

Very much looking forward to the opportunity to discuss our Puget Sound mapping project and how EarthViews Conservation Society is using imagery and data to protect this critical waterway.

Save the date! Please join us for the first KEC Presents of 2026. On January 18 at the Village Green Community Center from 3:00 - 5:00 pm, speaker Brian Footen, co-founder of EarthViews Conservation Society shares how their organization created the interactive visual and scientific documentation of over 2,700 miles of Puget Sound coastline by kayak and skiff. He'll answer your questions and share how you can get involved with this important work.

12/26/2025

Here is to another year protecting waterways! Thanks to everyone for their help and support in 2025!

10/05/2025

Mapping 2700 miles of Puget Sound Shoreline. These giant logs are so important.

10/01/2025

Tufted puffins are endangered in Washington state, and researchers hope to boost their sagging population there, currently estimated at 2,500 birds statewide.



KUOW - Saving Puget Sound's puffins: Bringing these ocean ambassadors back from the brink

Tufted puffins are endangered in Washington state, and researchers hope to boost their sagging population there, currently estimated at 2,500 birds statewide.