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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Ecology’s
<span style="color:black">Marine News: “EYES OVER PUGET SOUND”</span></span></b><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Surface condition report “February 2021” is now available</span></b><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Download here:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.eopugetsound.org/sites/default/files/features/resources/EOPS_2021_02_03-2.pdf"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">https://www.eopugetsound.org/sites/default/files/features/resources/EOPS_2021_02_03-2.pdf</span></b></a><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><a href="https://www.eopugetsound.org/sites/default/files/features/resources/EOPS_2021_02_03-2.pdf"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#003366;text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="624" height="468" style="width:6.5in;height:4.875in" id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image004.jpg@01D70536.94F7CE40"></span></a><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#003366"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#003366">At a glance:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Rivers are flowing higher than normal since 2020. Winter weather has been warmer and wetter. In marine waters, temperatures have become too cool for Northern Pacific anchovies to tolerate in North Sound. From patches of jellyfish and snow
geese, to sediment and early blooms, there is more happening in the winter than you might expect. Puget Sound has many species worth showcasing such as the heart crab – a shy critter that wears its heart on its shell.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#44546A">________________________________________________________________________________</span><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The pdf document is around 10 MB, upload times may vary. It has clickable navigation links.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">We hope the images are inspiring and informative.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">With best regards, Christopher Krembs and the Marine Monitoring Unit _________________________________________________________________<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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