Northwestern Perspectives

Mid-June 2020 Old growth The morning started with a loose plan; head north on I-5, exit and follow Highway 530 east along the Nort...

I live close to the Puget Sound shore, a 5-minute walk.  After almost 30 years, I’ve come to know the seasonal comings and goings of tide...

"To the geologic eye all the surface of the earth is a fluid form, and man moves upon it as insecurely as Peter walking on the waves t...

I'll preface this blog post by acknowledging that I am not a landslide expert.  It's safe to say that I have an environmental scienc...

Our backyard borders 120 acres of woods, in reality a typical western Washington second growth forest already 75 to 100 years in the making....

The Salish Crossing redevelopment project is underway here in my little waterfront town of Edmonds, Washington.  The site is owned by and th...

You dig a hole in the fall, drop in a dried-up looking little nugget, and then come spring it emerges as something of bright-colored delicat...