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June 14, 2021

Looking Downstream

You can hear it before you ever see it. The trail twists and turns, rises and falls,

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June 10, 2021

The Numbers

Ok… this all takes some time to collate and cross-check and data entry is not

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June 6, 2021

Survey Complete

There were a few times during the day when I thought it might be possible to turn a

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June 1, 2021

One Down, Two to Go

The first leg of this year’s 3 Rivers Expedition is in the books, a

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May 25, 2021

Something Lush

As part of this year’s Tacoma Shoreline Survey & Cleanup, the Ikkatsu

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John Inch getting ready for the canoeing portion of the 2015 journey that traveled the length of the Puyallup River, from Mount Rainier to Commencement Bay. In 2021, the 3 Rivers Expedition will revisit the Puyallup, along with the White and the Carbon Rivers, in an effort to get an updated look at this amazing watershed and the threats it faces.

The Ikkatsu Project is proud of the company it keeps; the dedicated support of these companies and organizations help make our continuing expeditions and field work possible.

Special thanks to the following organizations for their continued support:
– The Bamford Foundation
– South Sound Surfrider
– Puyallup Watershed Initiative
– Pierce Co. Conservation District

As photographs and video get picked over and edited there are the inevitable items that didn't get chosen, that end up not being used for anything. You'll find them here...

Washington's San Juan Islands are beautiful from any angle but they look their finest when seen from the water. Turn Point lighthouse on Stuart Island looks out over a very active stretch of water and across to Canada just a few short miles away.

The Kalakala is gone now... and she was mostly gone when this photo was taken. By the time she returned to Tacoma from exile in Alaska, Seattle and Neah Bay, it was already over. But they sure knew how to make dreams float back in those days, didn't they?