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Elliott Menashe – Not out of the woods yet
Elliott Menashe is feeling justifiably frustrated. After two decades of teaching the buyers of shoreline properties how to keep their bluffs intact, he thought by now he’d be watching a trend toward better treatment of these important sites. Instead, this past year he’s witnessed an unprecedented number of slides due to poor management of the…
Mussel Watch could be coming to Whidbey Beach
No, it’s not a new reality show for body builders, it’s an ongoing study of shellfish health. In fact Mussel Watch is part of the National Status and Trends Program of NOAA and, “the longest running contaminant monitoring program in US coastal waters and has been tracking contaminants in bivalves since 1986. However, due to…
Mother Nature Says: Time to clean up your room, but it’s okay if it’s fun
It’s winter, not the high season for northern beaches. But the winter beach is beautiful and interesting. The slope is steeper, the colors are different. The sharp wind wakes you up. The high tides crashing waves, and steady breezes of winter move more than grains of sand and your whipping hair around. They also move…
Seafood Watch – phoning it in
At the Monterey Bay Aquarium a couple of years ago, I picked up a slew of Seafood Watch cards. I gave them out to everyone in the family and have been carrying one in my wallet ever since. Not that I order that much seafood in restaurants. These days we hardly eat out at all….
Gosling Cuteness Overload
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