Reading the Washington Landscape

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

Saturday, August 31, 2019

Samish River Gauntlet

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The run of hatchery salmon on the Samish River must pass a gauntlet of fishers on the lower Samish. It is a very social activity. Th...
Wednesday, August 28, 2019

Political Results Mapping Tool, Benton County

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Doing some work in Benton County I noted that the County online mapping site includes an elections web mapping tool ( https://bentoncounty...
Tuesday, August 27, 2019

Priest Rapids Ice Age Flood Bar

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A bit north of the Highway 240/Highway 24 intersection in the Hanford Nuclear Reservation the land drops down towards the Columbia River ...
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Thursday, August 22, 2019

Notes on the Continental Divide

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The Continental Divide  Its pretty hard to see the continental divide on the ground in Minnesota and parts of North Dakota. The breaks...
Monday, August 12, 2019

A River Ran Through It

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Apologies to Norman Maclean for the play on words in the post title. A venture up the Skagit River valley took me across a swampy forest w...
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Friday, August 9, 2019

Slide Complex at Mesa del Oro in the Rio Grande Rift

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One of my ventures afforded a view of the Rio Grande Rift in New Mexico. Rio Grande south of Albuquerque   J Fleck  writes about ...
Thursday, August 8, 2019

The Cascade Range Defeats the Stratus

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I have been traveling a fair bit. This has allowed me to have more of an opportunity to enjoy hot weather. Northwest Washington rarely reac...
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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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