Bellingham, WA offers key to Jon Stewart, defies Beck
So by now I imagine everyone is aware of the furor generated by Mount Vernon, WA mayor Bud Norris planning to give the key to the city to Glenn Beck. Well, in response to this, Dan Pike, the mayor of...
View ArticleLet's Bring Jon Stewart to Bellingham Diary.
This is my first diary here, so bear with me.So last night we all saw the demonstration for Glenn Beck receiving the Key to his hometown, Mt. Vernon, despite the City Council distancing itself from any...
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The Daily Bucket --- A Volcano in my Backyard
The Backyard Science group regularly features the Daily Bucket. We hope you will add your own observations of the world around you. Bees buzzing? Sun shining? Aphids on the roses? Please tell us...
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The Daily Bucket -- Fossils and Pseudofossils in the The Chuckanut Formation:...
The Daily Bucket is a regular feature of the Backyard Science group. It is a place for the Dkos community members to note any observations they have made of the world around them. Insects, weather,...
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The Daily Bucket - Padden Creek Salmon Habitat Restoration Project
The Daily Bucket is a regular feature of the Backyard Science group. It is a place for the Dkos community members to note any observations they have made of the world around them. Insects, weather,...
View ArticleUpdate: Washington State Elections - Occupy Candidate Takes Lead In Seattle...
The latest updates on the Washington State elections show some surprising turnarounds in the vote count. The elections have have attracted national and international attention on several controversial...
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The Daily Bucket - Salmon Habitat Restoration Continued: Squalicum Creek
The Daily Bucket is a regular feature of the Backyard Science group. It is a place for the Dkos community members to note any observations they have made of the world around them. Insects, weather,...
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Backyard Science -- A Beaver’s Tail of Two Cities
The Daily Bucket is a regular feature of the Backyard Science group. It is a place for the Dkos community members to note any observations they have made of the world around them. Insects, weather,...
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The Daily Bucket - The Salmon Hatchery as aid to Restoring Salmon Runs
The Daily Bucket is a regular feature of the Backyard Science group. It is a place to note of any observations you have made of the world around you. Insects, weather, meteorites, climate, birds...
View ArticleTime to “Warrior Up” against coal terminal – Jewell James
I would like to call readers’ attention to a very well written and timely article by Jeff Galbraith published in the latest issue of Sierra Magazine about the proposed coal export terminal slated to be...
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Rhododendron Time
Spring time is Rhododendron time around the world. These prolific bloomers are native to Asia, North America, Australia, and Europe. They are members of the Genus Rhododendron and the Family of...
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An October walk through Whatcom Falls Park
An overcast October day seemed like a great time to take a hike though Whatcom Falls Park (Bellingham WA) to get some pics of Whatcom Creek and the turning foliage. The city park has been around for...
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The Daily Bucket: The Great Blue Heron on Bellingham Bay – Heronries and...
My favorite picture of a GBH taken in the Padden Creek estuary within a quarter mile of the Heronry. This was taken a few years ago in early spring, about now.The Great Blue Heron (GBH; Ardea...
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Washington State Open Thread - Cherry Point Aquatic Reserve and Point...
WASHINGTON STATE Open ThreadThis is a community series giving our Washington Kossacks a virtual meeting place to discuss issues of concern to our state and share what's happening in our lives. Share...
View ArticleBernie Sanders Meet Up Set for Sunday, July 12, 2015 in Seattle, WA
There is a Meet Up arranged by supporters of Bernie Sanders in the Seattle, Washington area set for Sunday, July 12, 2015 at 3:00 p.m. The location of the Meet Up is as follows:The Royal Room 5000...
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The Daily Bucket: Public–private partnerships for preservation of old growth...
Massive old growth Douglas Fir stump with springboard cut, now a forest nurseThis stump, probably logged a 100 years ago, dates back untold 100s of years. This area was once selectively logged...
View ArticleThe Daily Bucket: Salmon Stream Sees Daylight After 120 Years - Padden Creek...
Pacific NorthwestBellingham, WAJanuary, 2016After 120 years, a half mile length of Padden Creek will once again see the light of day. In 1892, an eight foot by four foot brick tunnel was built to...
View ArticleANCHOR CHAIN CAMPING Not for the faint of Heart
Memorial Day weekend 2015. A Shell barge, the 'Arctic Challenger' was preparing to leave Bellingham to join the fleet heading to the Chukchi Sea and drill in a challenging pristine environment as ‘no...
View ArticleThe Daily bucket: Sea Star Recovery in Bellingham Bay – A good news – bad...
Early June,Bellingham Bay,Salish SeaAlong with OD, I have been monitoring the local sea star (Pisaster ochraceus) population following the devastating die-off from Wasting Syndrome over that past three...
View ArticleThe Daily Bucket: What a 54,000,000 year old rock formation has to offer us...
In stark contrast to the mountainous Pacific Northwest of today, during the Eocene epoch (~ 55 ~ 34 Million YearsAgo (MYA) it was quite flat. However just as today, the region then was lush with...
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The Daily Bucket: Herring Spawn Brings on the Birds
Point Roberts,Salish SeaHerring spawn is an exciting time for sea birds and other critters of the near shore ecosystem in the Salish Sea. I was tipped off by one of our local birders that there was a...
View ArticleThe Daily Bucket: A trip to our 100 Aker Wood*
Early June, 2017South Side of Bellingham, WA*With apologies to A. A. Milne and Christopher Robin. This is a short story with a bunch of photos about our 100 Acre Wood that, like Milne’s is loaded with...
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The Daily Bucket - Our "sort of" eclipse-lite in the PNW.
Many of you might have heard of the raging forest fires in the Pacific Northwest, particularly in British Columbia that has well over a million acres burned already from over 900 fires so far this...
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The Daily Bucket: Ocean and Beach Plastic Pollution Locally and Globally
We are all acutely aware that our oceans and lakes are becoming contaminated by discarded plastics among other toxins and debris. This problem is world-wide and like all politics, the solution must...
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The Daily Bucket: MLK Jr.'s Community Service Day with Salmon Stream Restoration
Whatcom Falls ParkBellingham WAPacific NorthwestTo mark the Dr. MLK Jr. Day of Service, my granddaughter Ava and I participated with 468 other local Bellingham residents as a work party at Whatcom...
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The Daily Bucket: Tracking the Northern Giant Hornet, AKA, "Murder Hornet" in...
The Northern Giant Hornet (NGH, Vespa mandarina) previously called “Asian Giant Hornet,” and “Murder Hornet”) is indeed a giant, being the largest hornet in the world, measuring up to 2.2 inches....
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