Reading the Washington Landscape

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

Wednesday, August 1, 2012

Elwha Sediment and the Shoreline

›
Besides the aspect of restoring significant salmon habitat, the removal of the dams on the Elwha River has another restoration component. Be...
Tuesday, July 31, 2012

God's Chess Board

›
I do check the blog stats occasionally. Had a bit on an anomaly yesterday - over 2,000 page views on a post I did about a year ago landsca...
Sunday, July 29, 2012

Distal Lummi Formation Turbidites and Skipping Stones

›
The Lummi Formation is named for Lummi Island where there are excellent exposures on the cliffs and along the shore of the south, mountaino...
1 comment:
Friday, July 27, 2012

Release the River: Notes on the Elwha

›
Last week I visited Lake Aldwell on the Olympic Peninsula. Only the lake is gone. The former Lake Aldwell No, Washington State is not hav...
Wednesday, July 25, 2012

Field Work: Forest to Industrial

›
Yesterday's field trips were a bit of an extreme range of environments. Forest to industrial. A particular pleasant forest One of my ...
Sunday, July 22, 2012

Eden Valley Balds

›
"Islands in the sky" is a term applied to the isolated habitats along the mountain top ridges of the Basin and Range of most of Ne...
Friday, July 20, 2012

Ride on the Kennewick and Memories of My Home Town

›
I have been a bit of a road warrior and have been out in the field this week. Some nice ventures but I'll stick with something short and...
2 comments:
‹
›
Home
View web version

About Me

My photo
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.
View my complete profile
Powered by Blogger.