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Postcards from the Transition

Postcards from the Transition.

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Tag: Sitka Conservation Society

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Earthquake? We Missed It, Too Busy Rocking the Dock.

September 2, 2019September 2, 2019 Rich McClear

Sitka knows how to play.  Labor Day Weekend featured a classical concert, Jazz and Mud Ball, a softball tournament that is usually played in the mud, but not so much this year.  But for us the highlight was a three-way … Continue reading Earthquake? We Missed It, Too Busy Rocking the Dock.

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Monday Evening Cruise

July 25, 2017 Rich McClear

Monday was a nice nice for a cruise as a weather front moved in.  We went out with the Sitka Conservation Society for their salmon cruise.  We went to Redoubt Falls to watch the salmon jump the falls into the … Continue reading Monday Evening Cruise

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Stepping into a Salad, Low tide at Point Brown.

June 26, 2017June 26, 2017 Rich McClear

It was like stepping off the boat into a salad.  That’s what it was like at Point Brown when Allen Marine dropped a group from the Sitka Conservation Society on the east side of Kruzof Island. Sunday morning saw the … Continue reading Stepping into a Salad, Low tide at Point Brown.

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A Day in June, Sitka, Alaska

June 18, 2017 Rich McClear

Sitka has no highway connection anywhere.  We have a 14 mile road system on an island the size of Delaware.  We are not on the inside passage so a lot of ferries do not stop.  When a ferry does stop … Continue reading A Day in June, Sitka, Alaska

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Earth Day, 2017, in Support of Science and Critters.

April 21, 2017 Rich McClear

This is the second tranche of Earth Day, 2017 pics. The event is sponsored by the Sitka Conservation Society and the Sitka Sound Science Center.  To look at the first tranche and read my commentary, please click here. Continue reading Earth Day, 2017, in Support of Science and Critters.

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Earth Day 2017

April 21, 2017April 21, 2017 Rich McClear

April 22 is Earth Day.  In Sitka we celebrated early with our 16th annual parade of species sponsored by the Sitka Sound Science Center and the Sitka Conservation Society.  I really love this event.  People dress up as their favorite … Continue reading Earth Day 2017

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Earth Day 2016, the Parade of Species

April 23, 2016 Rich McClear

It’s Sitka’s annual “Parade of Species” so it must be Earth Day.  Sponsored by the Sitka Conservation Society with help from Old Harbor Books, the Sitka Sound Science Center and the National Park Service kids (and adults) dress as their … Continue reading Earth Day 2016, the Parade of Species

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Frosty Reef

July 5, 2015January 19, 2016 Rich McClear

On July 5 we took the Sitka Conservation Society cruise to Frosty Reef.  A very low tide happened at a convenient time (10 AM) on a Sunday so the Society took us out to look at the reef to see … Continue reading Frosty Reef

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A Sitka Summer Day (June 23, 2015)

June 29, 2015January 20, 2016 Rich McClear

June 23, 2015 was a beautiful Sitka summer day.  We walked the docks, went on the Sitka Conservation Society Salmon cruise watching different salmon hunters, including an eagle sitting on a branch that hardly looked like it could hold her.  … Continue reading A Sitka Summer Day (June 23, 2015)

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