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September 22, 2021

RIP Marina

Orca pods are made up of family groups organized around a matriarchal system. The

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September 20, 2021

It’s Goodbye, Again

Remember when there was a bag ban in Washington, or when we had one on the calendar,

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September 12, 2021

10 Miles, No Roads

It’s becoming a rare thing to find extended sections of waterfront that

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September 5, 2021

The Third Coast, Redux

The Strait of Juan de Fuca is Washington’s third coast. On the one hand, there

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August 27, 2021

A Deep Dive

When you see the tail of a humpback whale extend above the water’s surface and

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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?