Observations of Washington State Landscapes, Geology, Geography, Ecology, History and Land Use
Friday, May 25, 2012
A Different Era for Orcas
I has some work around Penn Cove on Whidbey Island this week. Penn Cove was one the site of an Orca roundup. It was one of these well publicized captures that led to a shift in thinking about Orcas and hunting for capturing was banned
Dan McShane is an engineering geologist with Stratum Group, a geology and environmental consulting company based in Bellingham, Washington. Dan has been reading Washington State landscapes since driving across the Horse Heaven Hills with his father and brother in 1970. Dan's wife has started painting Washington landscapes. The intent of this blog is to help all Washington travelers better understand the landscapes we see and share field observations.
Broken Arrow
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Alternative blog post title: No Bad Days on the Bike In the picture above,
you might be looking at the spot where the Air Force in 1957 accidentally
droppe...
The Monthly Fern??—Prairie Spikemoss
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*Selaginella densa*—moss, fern, fern ally, or none of the above? Coin is 19
mm across.This month the South Dakota fern series features another oddity—a
s...
Racehorse Fossil fields- access update
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Alert reader Kim K told me today that the access to the Racehorse Fossil
Fields west of Kendall has NOT changed in the past year- the gate is still
there m...
Statement on ISW Methodology
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*Statement on ISW Methodology*
*May 4, 2023*
The Institute for the Study of War (ISW) welcomes robust and rigorous
debate on the issues ISW covers and i...
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