PROTECTION ISLAND — A fire that broke out on Protection Island at the mouth of Discovery Bay was put out Wednesday after burning 15 acres, but firefighters are monitoring the site and will continue ...

GARDINER — A ceremony designating 23,778 acres of state-owned tidelands and bed lands around Protection Island as a state aquatic reserve is planned in Gardiner on Wednesday. The ceremony formally ...

I've wanted to visit Protection Island ever since I learned I wasn't allowed to. The nearly bare strip of land in the Strait of Juan de Fuca is closed to the public – and for good reason. The island ...