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Geographic names committee seeks your input – Ear to the Ground
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Ear to the Ground. Geographic names committee seeks your input. August 10, 2015. By Ear to the Ground. Reading time 1 minute. Wildcat Pond, named by the students at McCleary School, is up for consideration by the state’s Committee on Geographic Names. Photo: DNR. Should a previously unnamed pond near the town of McCleary be officially called Wildcat Pond in honor of a nearby elementary school’s mascot? Changes approved by the committee would advance to the Board of Natural Resources for a final determina...
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Recovered maritime gear up for auction to recover derelict vessel costs – Ear to the Ground
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Ear to the Ground. Recovered maritime gear up for auction to recover derelict vessel costs. August 11, 2015. By Ear to the Ground. Reading time 3 minutes. Items recovered from derelict vessels like this helms wheel can be bid on through the state’s surplus auction site. Are you in the market for an old helm steering wheel or antique wheel house telegraph? Is the agency chiefly responsible for removing and destroying vessels found derelict or abandoned. More items are added as they are recovered. Abandone...
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Road graders add to this summer’s scene at Cattle Point – Ear to the Ground
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Ear to the Ground. Conservation and Natural Areas. Road graders add to this summer’s scene at Cattle Point. August 6, 2015. By Ear to the Ground. Reading time 3 minutes. Cattle Point Natural Resources Conservation Area on San Juan Island. Photo: DNR. Erosion continues to take away the coastal bluffs along San Juan Island’s southern point, which has threatened the primary access road to Cattle Point, potentially cutting off access to public and private lands. At Cattle Point NRCA, visitors will find grass...
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Homeowners can learn from the pros about wildfire prevention – Ear to the Ground
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Ear to the Ground. Urban and Community Forestry. Homeowners can learn from the pros about wildfire prevention. August 3, 2015. By Ear to the Ground. Reading time 2 minutes. Keep a close eye on lawnmowers and yard tools after use. They stay hot for at least an hour. Photo Frank Boston/Flickr/CC/Cropped. DNR currently has restrictions, called Industrial Fire Precaution Levels. Instead, homeowners can apply these common-sense tips when using such tools at home. For more information on how to prevent wildfir...
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Heading to the water? Know these safety tips – Ear to the Ground
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Ear to the Ground. Heading to the water? Know these safety tips. May 6, 2015. By Ear to the Ground. Reading time 2 minutes. With the weather warming up, now’s the time to start preparing for safe and fun water recreation. Use our graphic (below) for tips to help you enjoy your favorite water adventure on DNR-managed lands while preserving both Washington’s landscapes and yourself. DNR-managed lands offer a wide variety of boating opportunities, such as catch-and-release fly-fishing on Merrill Lake. DNR s...
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The Coast Nerd Gazette: Tracking shorelines
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The Coast Nerd Gazette. Monday, April 7, 2014. The map above motivates me. This is a screen grab from the NANOOS Beach and Shoreline Change site. Showing shoreline monitoring sites in Washington State. Kudos to NANOOS for including data on shoreline change in their incredible site (which is a compendium of all things related to oceanography data) - but the map makes it clear that we in Washington State are dropping the ball when it comes to understanding trends related to shoreline morphology. Well - my ...
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The Coast Nerd Gazette: Second Beach
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The Coast Nerd Gazette. Thursday, March 5, 2015. The view from Second Beach, Olympic National Park, this weekend. Had the opportunity to visit Second Beach over the weekend, and survey First Beach at La Push a few days ago with students from the Quileute Tribal School and Forks High School. Its been a beautiful stretch of weather, and the coast is the right place to be at times like these. A few observations from Second Beach. On the upper beach, many large logs were partially buried by sand:. Also (rela...
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What do we mean when we say the Northwest is at ‘Preparedness Level 5?’ – Ear to the Ground
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Ear to the Ground. What do we mean when we say the Northwest is at ‘Preparedness Level 5? August 13, 2015. By Ear to the Ground. Reading time 1 minute. The Stickpin Fire has burned 2,000 acres so far. Photo courtesy of Jay Jurgensen. As of today, the Pacific Northwest is at the highest level, level 5, which means we have the potential to exhaust our wildland firefighting resources. As the preparedness level rises, more firefighting resources are generally engaged and needed. For current wildfire incident...
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The Coast Nerd Gazette: December 2014
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The Coast Nerd Gazette. Friday, December 26, 2014. Hollywood Beach (foreground) and the Fiero Marine Life Center (background). Photo courtesy of http:/ portangelesdailyphoto.blogspot.com/. So it surely appears that I've been allowing my own blog to lapse.this is my first post in the month of December! But I've been guest-blogging up a storm! And another on the seasonal pattern of beach wrack on Hollywood Beach. Adjacent to the marine life center. Enjoy! Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). View my complete profile.
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The Coast Nerd Gazette: Rialto Beach
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The Coast Nerd Gazette. Thursday, April 23, 2015. Its been a while. Had the chance to survey Rialto Beach earlier this week, on the coast of Washington in Olympic National Park, as part of my shoreline morphology monitoring program. Which is, by the way, looking for a better name.should you have any ideas). And I decided to post about it because.MAN, WHAT A BEACH! Rialto is so very cool.every time I go out there I am blown away by its morphology and the degree of variability it exhibits. Above, for examp...
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