Reading the Washington Landscape

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

Friday, November 8, 2013

Piling Removal at Old Indian Island Ferry

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Setting up to pull piles. Indian Island is in the background This week the old piles at the Indian Island ferry landing were being pul...
Thursday, November 7, 2013

Tsunamis Links via the Coast Nerd

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Ian Miller has a nice post ( tsunamis-in-strait-of-juan-de-fuca ) with some very good links including one to a couple of papers I have read...
Tuesday, November 5, 2013

Whatcom Wins Wins

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Earlier this year a group of Whatcom County folks got together and said "Let's start a campaign." Sort of like starting a ba...
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Monday, November 4, 2013

Lake Lewis and Wallula Gap

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  Lake Lewis and the very narrow Wallula Gap During the ice age floods that swept into eastern Washington, the flood waters were gre...
Sunday, November 3, 2013

Three New Species Identified in Washington State

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I appreciate diatoms as a soil amenity and as a marker for geologic time. These algae have cell wall consisting of silica which makes for g...
Friday, November 1, 2013

November Blows In and Typhoon to Visit Wenatchee and Spokane

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November will be blowing in a bit of wind storm Saturday, particular along the Strait of Juan de Fuca. My kind of Typhoon typhoon/dates/  ...

River Otters and a Seal

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During a paddle to Blakely Island I hugged the bedrock shoreline of Obstruction Island to observe the bedrock sequence. Most of the island...
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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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