Opinion
PAT NEAL: Requiem for a river
Spring is a time of hope on the river.
Opinion
PAT NEAL: The Orca Task Force
Last week we examined the tragic results of capturing the orca for captivity in theme parks and aquariums,…
Opinion
PAT NEAL: A history of whaling continued
Last week, we reviewed the industrial slaughter that pushed our large whales to the brink of extinction.
Opinion
PAT NEAL: A short history of whaling
It’s always fun to look back at this day in history to measure the changes brought to the…
Opinion
PAT NEAL: A poisonous past
What started as a simple quest to dig a bucket of clams was not as simple as it…
Opinion
PAT NEAL: A history of pandemics
IN LAST WEEK’S episode, we were discovering Discovery Bay, a favorite scenic waterway known for its beauty ever…
Opinion
PAT NEAL: Discovering Discovery Bay
IT WAS GOING to be one of those days. With the razor clam season shut down, the blackmouth…
Opinion
PAT NEAL: Digging the Ozette potato
POTATOES MUST BE my favorite thing to dig, next to clams, but clam season is closed so I’m…
Opinion
PAT NEAL: Steelhead season’s sinking feeling
EVEN WITH GLOBAL warming, January is the coldest month. When all the rabid
chickens come home to roost.…
Opinion
PAT NEAL: New Year’s resolutions
OFTEN, NEW YEAR’S resolutions that seem like a good idea on New Year’s Eve can seem like a…
Opinion
PAT NEAL: Christmas of yesteryear
IT WAS DAYLIGHT in the swamp on the shortest day of the year. Christmas was coming and I…
Opinion
PAT NEAL: The fish and game commission is irrelevant
IT WAS ANOTHER tough week in the news as the Washington Fish and Game Commission passed more laws…
Opinion
PAT NEAL: Waiting for steelhead season
IT’S BEEN ANOTHER tough week in the news, as we wait for the state to decide if they’ll…
Opinion
PAT NEAL: A COVID Christmas letter
CONGRATULATIONS, YOU SURVIVED the latest COVID-holiday, Thanksgiving. Where we gathered together to celebrate the fact that we didn’t…
Opinion
PAT NEAL: A ‘Dirty Thirties’ Thanksgiving
THIS IS A story of an Olympic Peninsula family celebrating Thanksgiving in the olden days.
Opinion
PAT NEAL: It’s spawning season again
IT WAS DAYLIGHT on the river on a dark and dismal day. It’s a favorite time of year.