Pathologist seeks to unravel mystery of marine mammal deaths. He also thinks to the bigger picture of what this death might say about greater populations of the same species, about the health of the coastal ecosystem and about the damaging influence humans might be having. [News Source]

Tribal members train for elite response team (Daily Inter Lake) They will be specialists in how to handle hazardous materials and what do in the event of “agro-terrorism” — involving highly contagious diseases such as avian flu and mad cow disease. [News Source]