Opinion
PAT NEAL: Fishing for excuses
Profiling and stereotyping have no place in a Wilderness Gossip Column. In last week’s episode, it was mistakenly…
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PAT NEAL: The great deer hunt
I spent all last summer cursing the day deer were invented for what they did to my garden.
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PAT NEAL: The great mushroom hunt
In last week’s episode, we examined the very real possibility of mushroom hunters getting lost in the woods.
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PAT NEAL: A reoccurring moisture trend
A REAL WOODSMAN doesn’t need a weatherman to know if it is going to rain.
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PAT NEAL: A winter forecast
THE SIGNS OF the season are certain. There is fresh snow on Mount Olympus. The vine maples are…
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PAT NEAL: The fall chore list
THIS MUST BE the most beautiful fall weather we’ve seen in years. But I’m not one to sit…
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PAT NEAL: A return to the Queets
Back on this day, Sept. 20, 1890, Private Harry Fisher, a member of Lt. Joseph P. O’Neil’s U.S.…
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PAT NEAL: The sting of bee season
By now, I think we’ve all had it up to here with our seasonal visitors and their in-your-face…
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PAT NEAL: The autumn harvest
FALL MUST BE my favorite time of year — when the rain and wind wash the dust away…
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PAT NEAL: Back-to-school drugs
BACK TO SCHOOL. I wonder if any if any three words in the English language can shoot such…
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PAT NEAL: Why I did not go to work today
They say there’s a shortage of folks willing to work in these United States. From what I gathered…
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PAT NEAL: Real tourists with real questions
Every tourist season brings a new crop of tourists.
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PAT NEAL: The problem with cougars
IT WAS ANOTHER tough week in the news. An 8-year-old was attacked by a cougar at Lake Angeles,…
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PAT NEAL: The summertime blues
Summertime is garden time. Growing vegetables is a good way to confront the outrageous price of groceries. Until…
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PAT NEAL: The new fishing regulations
IT WAS ANOTHER tough week in the news. The good news is the 2023 Washington State Sport Fishing…
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PAT NEAL: It’s always been a Navy town
IT WAS GOOD to see the Navy back in town to celebrate the Fourth of July in Port…
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PAT NEAL: Bee ware of stings
THESE ARE THE mornings I’ll remember all winter. As the sun rises over the flank of Mount Olympus…
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PAT NEAL: Berry picking season
THIS IS THE season wild creatures wait all year for — when we can walk in the woods…