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Garden Mind: 10 things to do to start a community garden

In the five years since I first penned and published this primer on making a public garden, communities…

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Birdwatching The osprey: A fascinating bird of prey

By Dr. Madeline A. Kalbach The osprey is a large raptor that breeds on the Peninsula and in…

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Fish & Feathers Back to reality after hospital stay

After spending seven days in Seattle’s Swedish Spinal Institute — the Never, Never Land of the Big City…

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West Coast algal bloom: NOAA grants may help answer why massive blooms have occurred

NOAA announced last week that it is committing $88,000 in grant and event response funding for Washington state…

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Mandatory boating class offered Aug. 8

ASTORIA — USCG Auxiliary Flotilla 62 in partnership with the Oregon State Marine Board will teach a mandatory…

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Coho salmon caught in Lower Columbia must be released under new fishing rule

OLYMPIA — The early arrival of coho salmon in the Lower Columbia River has prompted state fishery managers…

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Birdwatching Turkey vultures — the clean-up crew

By Dr. Madeline A. Kalbach For the Observer Two noticeable things seem to be happening. First, carrion is…

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Northwest Nature Log Beautiful birds, tangled up in blue

Over the past few weeks, I’ve been talking about the birds all around us, the charming but mundane…

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Botany A peek inside Peninsula plants

PENINSULA — The ferns, grasses, bushes, vines and trees of south Pacific County have reached quick maturity in…

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Breeding-age sturgeon dying, possibly due to heat

As many as 80 large, broodstock-sized sturgeon were found dead last week in the Columbia River upstream of…

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