Reading the Washington Landscape

Observations of Washington State Landscapes, Geology, Geography, Ecology, History and Land Use

Wednesday, April 11, 2012

Energy Notes: Drill and Burn - Wasting Gas in the Bakken and Texas

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Last summer while in the Bakken of North Dakota I noted the gas flaring taking place: wasting-gas-for-short-term-gain . I hadn't estimat...
Tuesday, April 10, 2012

Lily Point III: West Bluff Landslide

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A previous post on Lily Point discussed the bluff north of the point lily-point-point-roberts-part-ii-north . The bluff to the west is also ...
Monday, April 9, 2012

Lily Point, Point Roberts Part II: North Bluff

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The North Bluff above Lily Point On my trip to Lily Point ( Lily-point-point-roberts-part-I ) I hiked straight east from the Whatcom County...
Saturday, April 7, 2012

Lily Point, Point Roberts: Part I

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Point Roberts and Lily Point I had a project in Whatcom County, Washington that required some international travel. All told four internati...
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Thursday, April 5, 2012

Not So Hard Rock

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A chunk of bedrock I had a little field trip to the south end of the Chuckanut Range, the local name for the mountains that extend from the...
Monday, April 2, 2012

Whatcom County's Opportunity to Reduce Excess Rural Growth - It is up to Bellingham Leaders

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A follow up on last Tuesday's long post about rural growth planning. David Stalheim put up a bit more wonk on rural growth planning ru...
Friday, March 30, 2012

Quick Clays and a Disaster Movie

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Some of the worst landslides in history are the result of quick clays. I have been doing some research on why we do not, at least as far as ...
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Dan McShane
Bellingham, Washington State, United States
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.
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