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Die-hard Twi-hard
A previous column revealed how the diminishing returns of Twilight fans to the Olympic Peninsula has had a dramatic effect on our tourist industry. I suggested that a sustainable alternative to mitigate the effects of the loss of the Twi-hards would be to invent a better tourist trap. The hunt for Bigfoot could revive the … Continue reading
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River monkey mania
There are strange sights seen on the Hoh River in winter. “I saw a monkey sitting on a log,” my fancy friend said one day as we floated through the rain forest. “Was it a big monkey?” I asked. “A very big monkey!” he said. “That’s just Harvey the brush ape. He doesn’t mean any … Continue reading
Twilight Time for Twilight
These days it seems fewer and fewer Twilight fans are making the pilgrimage to Forks. With the commercial success of the Twilight book and movie series, the once proclaimed logging capitol of the world had morphed into the vampire capitol of the universe. I remember the good old days when hoards of soggy teenagers huddled … Continue reading
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Extincto-mania hits the Peninsula
Thank you for reading this. If you don’t, no one will and we would be deprived of the luxury of your criticism. I think it was the famous Greek philosopher, “What’s His Name,” who said, “Criticism is easier than craftsmanship.” I should have known better than to criticize the biologists. I can offer no excuse … Continue reading
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The emergency closure
It was another tough week in the news. The dreaded emergency closure reared its ugly head and stopped us from fishing many of our beloved rivers flowing into the Strait of Juan de Fuca. Emergency closures are not a new thing. The way our fisheries are managed there is always an emergency somewhere. While emergency … Continue reading
A biological study to remember
If I had but just one wish, I would be a biologist. What could be better than to wake up in the morning and spend your days playing God with the ecosystem. Heck, I’d work for free if they’d just buy fuel for the Humvee, ammunition, gill net, crossbow, bullhorn, dart gun, spotlight, harpoons, party … Continue reading
Don’t shoot the weather prognosticator
Thank you for reading this. Sometimes I think that if you didn’t read this no one would. I know because you send me such wonderful messages. It might be time to review the letters policy for a wilderness gossip column. Even the most significant expressions of human thought can appear confused if not downright scary … Continue reading
Patience, patience, patience
My last episode emphasized the importance of patience when fishing for the winter run steelhead. This is a waiting game. First you must wait for the rain to raise the rivers enough to get the fish upstream. So you wait for it to rain, but then it’s a flood. A flooding Hoh River can come … Continue reading
A river of brotherly love
Sometimes it seems like patience must be about the rarest thing on Earth. There could be many reasons for this. I’m in a bit of a hurry but let me explain. We live in an age of misinformation and labor saving technology where people have no time for patience. This is nowhere more apparent than … Continue reading
Loggers I have known
Lately someone asked me to write a story about loggers, which is a real coincidence since I happen to be in the middle of writing a book titled “Loggers I Have Known.” Loggers have gotten a bad reputation lately. They are blamed for everything from noise pollution to cutting down trees. Fair enough. Loggers do … Continue reading
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