Topic: Wildlife
Bufflehead on the Wing
Written on December 24, 2021 at 5:31 am, by Tim Dustrude
John Miller is back again with another beautiful photo to share, and again captured at Dream Lake (Lakedale). This time it’s a Bufflehead on the wing. Thanks for sharing John!
A Second Court Rejects Cooke Aquaculture’s Challenge Over Termination of Port Angeles Net Pen Lease
Written on December 21, 2021 at 9:42 am, by Tim Dustrude
The following story comes to you from Wild Fish Conservancy… In another legal defeat for Cooke Aquaculture, a second Washington state court has rejected efforts by the seafood giant to sue Washington state over the termination of the company’s lease for their Port Angeles net pen operation. On Tuesday, the Court of Appeals issued an Continue Reading
Swan on Dream Lake
Written on December 20, 2021 at 10:03 am, by Tim Dustrude
Local photographer John Miller shares this image he captured Saturday of a swan on Dream Lake (Lakedale). Thanks for sharing John!
A Tiny Owl…Big Character
Written on December 18, 2021 at 6:07 am, by Tim Dustrude
The following is from Wolf Hollow’s December edition of Hollow Happenings… Many of the injured owls we treat are relatively large. However, last month we cared for a tiny owl; a Northern Saw-whet Owl that was only ~6” tall and weighed just 90 grams. This little owl had been hit by a car near La Continue Reading
Freezer Burned: Tales of Interior Alaska
Written on December 18, 2021 at 5:22 am, by Tim Dustrude
Freezer Burned is an ongoing series on the San Juan Update, written by Steve Ulvi… (Authors note: this fictional tale of Alaska bush life adventure, grief and redemption, circa the 1980s, will be continued founded upon two previous stories. See Freezer Burned: “No Matter What” and “The Confines of Heaven” for character background.) The Confines of Continue Reading
Wildlife Tip from Wolf Hollow
Written on December 8, 2021 at 9:03 am, by Tim Dustrude
If you would prefer not to have an otter family under your house or a raccoon family in your attic this spring, now is a good time to do some preventive maintenance. Look around the outside of your house. Are there holes beneath the skirting or loose covers on vents that would allow critters easy Continue Reading
Curious Minds
Written on December 7, 2021 at 5:46 am, by Tim Dustrude
This article written by Dominic Sivitilli… The lab was buzzing with excitement when I arrived. A few weeks into the summer term, the water tables of Lab 3 were teeming with invertebrate life. All varieties of morphology and behavior were on display for our class to study. But something was different today: the lab had Continue Reading
Focusing on Their Future
Written on November 24, 2021 at 12:42 pm, by Tim Dustrude
This is from the Center for Whale Research… Please help us raise $74,000 by year’s end! The $74,000 represents one thousand dollars for each of the seventy-four (74) whales in the Southern Resident orca community. We all remember J35. In 2018, the whole world watched J35 carry her deceased baby for 17 days and 1,000 Continue Reading

Bufflehead on the Wing
Written on December 24, 2021 at 5:31 am, by Tim Dustrude
John Miller is back again with another beautiful photo to share, and again captured at Dream Lake (Lakedale). This time it’s a Bufflehead on the wing. Thanks for sharing John!

A Second Court Rejects Cooke Aquaculture’s Challenge Over Termination of Port Angeles Net Pen Lease
Written on December 21, 2021 at 9:42 am, by Tim Dustrude
The following story comes to you from Wild Fish Conservancy… In another legal defeat for Cooke Aquaculture, a second Washington state court has rejected efforts by the seafood giant to sue Washington state over the termination of the company’s lease for their Port Angeles net pen operation. On Tuesday, the Court of Appeals issued an Continue Reading

Swan on Dream Lake
Written on December 20, 2021 at 10:03 am, by Tim Dustrude
Local photographer John Miller shares this image he captured Saturday of a swan on Dream Lake (Lakedale). Thanks for sharing John!

A Tiny Owl…Big Character
Written on December 18, 2021 at 6:07 am, by Tim Dustrude
The following is from Wolf Hollow’s December edition of Hollow Happenings… Many of the injured owls we treat are relatively large. However, last month we cared for a tiny owl; a Northern Saw-whet Owl that was only ~6” tall and weighed just 90 grams. This little owl had been hit by a car near La Continue Reading

Freezer Burned: Tales of Interior Alaska
Written on December 18, 2021 at 5:22 am, by Tim Dustrude
Freezer Burned is an ongoing series on the San Juan Update, written by Steve Ulvi… (Authors note: this fictional tale of Alaska bush life adventure, grief and redemption, circa the 1980s, will be continued founded upon two previous stories. See Freezer Burned: “No Matter What” and “The Confines of Heaven” for character background.) The Confines of Continue Reading

Wildlife Tip from Wolf Hollow
Written on December 8, 2021 at 9:03 am, by Tim Dustrude
If you would prefer not to have an otter family under your house or a raccoon family in your attic this spring, now is a good time to do some preventive maintenance. Look around the outside of your house. Are there holes beneath the skirting or loose covers on vents that would allow critters easy Continue Reading

Curious Minds
Written on December 7, 2021 at 5:46 am, by Tim Dustrude
This article written by Dominic Sivitilli… The lab was buzzing with excitement when I arrived. A few weeks into the summer term, the water tables of Lab 3 were teeming with invertebrate life. All varieties of morphology and behavior were on display for our class to study. But something was different today: the lab had Continue Reading

Focusing on Their Future
Written on November 24, 2021 at 12:42 pm, by Tim Dustrude
This is from the Center for Whale Research… Please help us raise $74,000 by year’s end! The $74,000 represents one thousand dollars for each of the seventy-four (74) whales in the Southern Resident orca community. We all remember J35. In 2018, the whole world watched J35 carry her deceased baby for 17 days and 1,000 Continue Reading