a date which will live in infamy …” President Franklin D. Roosevelt said these words many years ago. Today,
Dec. 7… Continue reading
It takes a village to get ready for the coming cold months.
THE ANNUAL SASQUATCH Summit at Ocean Shores is always a hoot, and this year was no exception. This is a gathering of some of the… Continue reading
I DON’T KNOW about you, but I’ve caught the holiday spirit just in time for the most important holiday of the year. No, I am… Continue reading
IT WAS ANOTHER tough day for those of us who love the iconic orca, or killer whale. An article, “Scientists: Breach Dams To Save Orcas,”… Continue reading
The wily fungus can make mushroom picking an adventure.
The recent orca deaths beg the question: Is it worth killing killer whales for whatever data the killing produces?
The coho seem to be running strong just across that imaginary line that marks the boundary of the recreational paradise we call Canada — but not here, they say.
Once you get your hunting rifle sighted in, keep it locked up far away from loved ones and hunting buddies.
It was a regrettable lapse in my search for truth that allowed me to question the salmon’s ability to swim up the Elwha once the dams were taken out.
The Labor Day campout was just another example of the shrinking middle class: no au jus with our prime rib!
Multitudes of happy tourists fished the Hoh this summer totally unaware they were breaking the law.
You have to wonder if hatchery steelhead are really so bad for native ones.
The corrupt and incompetent mismanagement of our fisheries will lead to fishing’s demise.
IT WAS ANOTHER tough week in the news, but there’s another toxic concern to keep you awake at night: Are your whales getting enough salmon?
MOMMA ALWAYS SAID if you can't say something nice, write a newspaper column. When I first started out, all I knew about writing a newspaper… Continue reading
IT IS DAYLIGHT in the swamp. There is a buzzing sound as the insects of the forest awakened. The first to be noticed is the… Continue reading
IT WAS ANOTHER tough week in the news. A front-page article that appeared Monday in the Peninsula Daily News revealed that the Food and Drug… Continue reading
MAYBE YOU THINK being a wilderness gossip columnist is easy. It might sound like a dream job, just watching the river flow -- until the… Continue reading
SOMEONE RECENTLY ASKED me if taking the dams out of the Elwha River would bring the salmon back. I wish. I'd give anything to have… Continue reading
