Reading the Washington Landscape

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

Monday, October 29, 2012

Forest Practices Unhappiness

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Last winter a paper  ( Abstract Wittaker and McShane (2012) ) suggested that landslide screening tools developed by the DNR were reasonabl...
Sunday, October 28, 2012

First Coal Terminal Scoping Metting: We Are All Wonks Now

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I attended the EIS (environmental impact statement) scoping meeting in Bellingham. This was the first meeting since the proposed Cherry Po...
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Friday, October 26, 2012

A Little Political Bias

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Our recent experiences can bias our interpretations. I had the feeling I was misunderstanding this painting in Santa Marina Trastavere, a c...
Tuesday, October 23, 2012

Seismic Trial: Lessons from L'Aquila

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The court case regarding six seismologists and a public safety official regarding a deadly quake in L'Aquila, Italy has been rendered w...
Friday, October 19, 2012

LiDAR Reveals Terraces

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Last week I noted the evidence of isostatic rebound on the northwest side of Blakely Island in the San Juans isostatic-rebound-on-northwes...
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Thursday, October 18, 2012

Debates and Charts

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As a geologist I have been noting the presidential campaign pronouncements regarding energy. The Wonk Blog had a nice post of graphs inspir...
Tuesday, October 16, 2012

Flood Management in Atrani and Amalfi

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While travelling may be motivated by scenery, food, adventure or any variety of things, being an engineering geologist means there are alw...
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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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