Life has been filled with work involving paper & computers as of late. Team nearshore has not been seining much lately but our trip out to Pysht last week did result in the most fish that we have seen in awhile- lots of surf smelt again which I don't really understand as they have a winter spawning season & are not known to make annual migrations to the ocean- they may actually reside near the shoreline for their lives. I don't know what makes the huge apparently seasonal variation in numbers but it would be nice to know as I have to get up in front of people & talk about forage fish a couple different times over the next 2 or 3 weeks. I have been working on sediment size analysis using photos lately, although not as much this week with all the work on my presentation, which I am still working on now (well I am taking my break to update my blog as I have sort of lost track of it). I am discovering that we don't take enough pictures of the actual forage fish, I need more material! Especially for the poster form of my presentation.
Blair asked what my artwork attempt pic was of (hi again B :) It is the shoreline along the Elwha bluffs (at least that's what we call them), east of the Elwha river mouth, with the shoreline armoring, I am not sure what that metal piece is actually called. I am sure that is adding some nice metals to the water, although over a very long time, obviously it is slowly breaking down. That is a crazy beach for collecting stuff, all kinds of metal & other stuff, I found the coolest fork there w/ the tines are curled & disfigured. People used to dump garbage right off the bluffs & there is also a landfill above that has been the source of some local contention as it is close to the shore.
Happy whatever holiday it is! Okay President's day, sorry, it's just filled with non-holiday contemplations for me.
Oh yeah, one more thing, welcome to new team member Sean. He is part of the Peninsula College fisheries program & a welcome addition to Team Nearshore. Especially as he knows my friends Ward & Sharon from Bremerton- small world! The new addition should help fill the empty spot in our hearts left from Jon's decision to head back to the paid working world. Congrats on the house tho Jon!
Day 2&3 PHX-->LHR-->JNB Musings from 35,000 ft.
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Days 2 & 3 - Musings from 35,000 ft. As long as we are on the road
together, I'd go anywhere with you. Written onboard a flight LHR-JNB with
the sun risin...
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