Reading the Washington Landscape

Mima Prairie Charles Wilkes headed the U.S. Exploration Expedition that included a lengthy expedition and survey of Oregon Territory in 184...

A few Washington State our prairies Scattered around various parts of western Washington Sate are prairies. Early English and American expl...

A bit of an inside joke. Given Dave Tucker has been the Erratic Guru  http://nwgeology.wordpress.com/the-fieldtrips/glacial-erratic-field-tr...

I headed out into the field today. Typically I do not like to have snow obscure my views of the ground. But given the time constraints on th...

Short Sands Beach, Oregon Seeking aerial images of the sand burial site at Waldport, Oregon I posted on yesterday caused me to meander arou...

I routinely assess geology hazards: landslides, erosion, debris flows, channel migration, tsunami, soil liquefaction and even avalanches. He...

I really appreciate the National Weather Service. The challenge of determining where and how much snow and freezing rain caused the forecast...