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PAT NEAL: Jefferson County’s resiliency plan bad for Hoh River, salmon
In last week’s episode, we followed the extinction of the salmon from Europe to the Eastern shore of…
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PAT NEAL: A short history of extinction
FOR SOME, THE new year begins in January. Out on our rivers, the new year begins now with…
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PAT NEAL: Does it always rain here?
With the blustery weather we have been experiencing lately, it seems like either the mildest January or the…
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PAT NEAL: Traffic jam blues
IT WAS ANOTHER tough week in the news — when plans for the biggest traffic jam in the…
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PAT NEAL: Things could always be worse
Recently, we described the deterioration of our antique transportation infrastructure on the Olympic Peninsula. State Highway 112 was…
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PAT NEAL: Olympic Peninsula driving guide continued
In last week’s episode, we were traveling west on U.S. Highway 101 and had just successfully crossed the…
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PAT NEAL: Olympic Peninsula driving guide
With the real and present danger of an imminent tourist invasion, it’s time once again for the Olympic…
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PAT NEAL: No selfies in the outhouse
From our majestic melting glaciers to the acidified ocean, and all the scenic splendor in between, this year’s…
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PAT NEAL: The voyage of the Lydia
In last week’s episode, we discovered the unhappy coincidence of the Lewis and Clark Expedition spending a hard…
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PAT NEAL: A saga of spring, salmon and supplies
Spring is a time of spiritual renewal along with Easter, Ramadan and Passover. There is, however, another seasonal…
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PAT NEAL: A short history of fishing laws
In last week’s episode, we were exploring a bizarre bit of bureaucratic bungling where the state of Washington…
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PAT NEAL: April Fools’ fun with fisherman
And so, my favorite holiday, April Fools’ Day, passes astern. Here’s hoping yours was the best ever!
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PAT NEAL: They clearcut the ‘Tunnel of Love’
SOME NIGHTS, I dream of rivers. Ones I have floated and others that exist only in dreams of…
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PAT NEAL: The Russians (still) aren’t coming
It was another tough week in the news. All of the rabid chickens came home to roost.
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PAT NEAL: Finding work when there’s no fishing
My life sucks ever since they shut down the fishing season. Without fishing, my life has had no…
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PAT NEAL: Are the Russians coming?
It was another tough week in the news with a feeling of history being repeated as Stalin’s “Iron…
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PAT NEAL: More research is needed
IT WAS ANOTHER tough week in the news, where this column’s prediction that the Washington state Department of…
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PAT NEAL: Fishing without hooks
It was another tough week in the news. The Washington state Department of Wildlife threatened us with yet…
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PAT NEAL: Fish are getting smarter
It was the American author John Steinbeck who said, “It has always been my private conviction that any…
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PAT NEAL: A crazy way to stay sane
They say we live in an age of disinformation. I can think of no greater example of this…