Can you tell just by looking?
Can you tell if an ecosystem is healthy just by looking?
In the case of the Salish Sea, things look good on the surface. But that doesn't mean everything is healthy. Just as blood tests can reveal underlying conditions in a person who looks perfectly fit, science can show us what's really going on.
Joe Gaydos and Northwest Straits Commision chair Jonathan White have written about this issue in the May 12 edition of the Islands Sounder. Read it here: http://www.pnwlocalnews.com/sanjuans/isj/opinion/93596144.html

