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October 20, 2020

San Juan Satisfaction

At the top of Puget Sound, straddling the international boundary, lie the San Juan

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October 14, 2020

What We Don’t Know

When the Ikkatsu Project first started, the main thing that everyone interested in

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October 8, 2020

Rigid Flexibility, 2020 Edition

Shortly after the new reality of covid hit, somewhere back in March, it became

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October 6, 2020

Place Attachment

It’s not news that the Puget Sound region is experiencing a population boom.

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September 22, 2020

The Landing Report

It can be hard to know the difference between a trend and an anomaly. It all depends

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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.

Is it possible? Is this the year? If not now, in a year where everything else has changed, when will it happen? Make the effort... giving should not be toxic.

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?