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Comment on The Devastating New Zealand Mudsnail: Is the Smith River Next? by Mara

Mara — Wed, 20 Jun 2012 19:13:21 +0000

Nice article, Doug! Did you make the maps? If not, I was wondering if you could send me the reference for where you found them. Please email me ASAP (workin’ with a deadline, here). Thank you!

Comment on The Devastating New Zealand Mudsnail: Is the Smith River Next? by Fhyre Phoenix

Fhyre Phoenix — Tue, 05 Jun 2012 05:27:18 +0000

Wow! This seems like a problem of huge proportions. Aside from the suggestions above, what can the average person do?

Comment on Legal Action Protects Green Sturgeon by mdiallo

mdiallo — Thu, 24 May 2012 16:51:03 +0000

Interesting article on fishing in the Sacramento
http://sacminer.com/local/swimming-with-the-fish/

Comment on SLC Begins Large Restoration Project on the South Fork Smith River by Restoration Wrap on the South Fork Smith River « Siskiyou Land Conservancy

Restoration Wrap on the South Fork Smith River « Siskiyou Land Conservancy — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 21:34:24 +0000

[...] Land Conservancy has completed Phase I of a planned multi-part restoration project to improve forest health and reduce the danger of catastrophic fire on private land along the South [...]

Comment on Listening to the Whale by Floriene McCovey

Floriene McCovey — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 23:29:44 +0000

we will not make it..as a race of human beings. just as this whale did not make it back to the ocean to her baby’s side. the powers-that-be will not allow it. the higher-ups in this world will never allow this world to continue. those of us who have been screaming at the top of our lungs for a better world, free of wars, of bombs, of greed, of killing, are not heard…yet we will be free one day, our spirits will be free. we shall be with the whale one day, and all of our ancestors and loved ones. we shall be free

Comment on Listening to the Whale by Nancy H.

Nancy H. — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 14:08:08 +0000

I went,I watched ,I wonder why.What a beautiful messenger.will we listen to the message she is telling? I think not.Most of the lookers will just drive away and not realize what they just witnessed.Listen to the message and take care of mother earth.

Comment on Listening to the Whale by Nancy Kaston Greene

Nancy Kaston Greene — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 21:16:33 +0000

Thank you! This needs to be passed on to as many as possible.

Comment on Listening to the Whale by Robert Brothers

Robert Brothers — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 19:27:01 +0000

Here’s a blog updated daily, with photographs
http://ashalatylorimages.wordpress.com/
Some of these photos are also on flicker
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ashala/5985291403/in/photostream/

But why are so many people saying that the whale is “stranded”?

This term is used to describe animals that have somehow been caught by a low tide in low water and cannot move. But this whale can obviously move wherever she wants to. Greg is right to try to imagine why she might be doing what she is doing.

It occurs to me that there may be no other place where a Whale could get so close to humans along the entire reach of the Gray Whales’ migration route from Baja to Alaska. The Hwy 101 bridge is so low, and the water so calm compared to the ocean, that opportunities to communicate with humans at this location seem ideal.

But these Whales may not be going all the way to Alaska, “A population of about 200 gray whales stay along the eastern Pacific coast from Canada to California throughout the summer, not making the farther trip to Alaska waters. This summer resident group is known as the Pacific Coast Feeding Group” — wikipedia, Gray_Whale

Comment on Listening to the Whale by Dillon

Dillon — Tue, 02 Aug 2011 20:05:31 +0000

Or this could be just a Whale that wandered up a River in Coastal California! I love the gentle speech that Morphs into a Hyper-Environmental Agenda piece. Very nice! I’m sure that’s why the Whale has arrived, to keep us all informed of your personal perspective of Humans as the Invasive Species. Especially the part about being hunted!! That’s a tough one, considering North American Indians have a long history of hunting whales, and still do to this day. Ouch! That’s one of those hard bumps to Agend-ize correctly in the Environmental/Preservationist World, isn’t it! And as far as Carbon Emissions, just follow the best possible advice you can to curb that: “BAN VOLCANOES”. Such insight into Whale Speech. We are truly impressed. It is truly incredible how you have been given such an Other-Worldly Gift of Interpretation. Keep it up. We need entertainment and humor in this world!

Comment on Listening to the Whale by Robert Brothers

Robert Brothers — Tue, 02 Aug 2011 16:59:33 +0000

Good news: “Members of the Yurok Tribe paddled out to her in their dugout canoe and chanted and drummed to her. She swam up to their canoe and around them acting as though she enjoyed the sounds.” 7/30/11
http://blogs.redding.com/dsmith/archives/2011/07/klamath-river-w-1.html

Here’s the latest video on You-Tube, from 7/28. “The calf had just left for the ocean and the boats you see were trying to get momma to go as well” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmsUZjUBPkA
There are 22 more videos up there.
3600 people have seen this video done a week ago

and this one by the National Park Service done 3 weeks ago