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A Short Guide to Tidepooling in the San Juan Islands (Salish Sea)

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Friday Harbor
Friday Harbor Labs (Kittiwake)
Granny’s Cove

Recently, I had the opportunity to complete a two-week writing retreat as a visiting scholar at the Helen Riaboff Whiteley Center (HRWC) at the UW Friday Harbor Laboratories (FHL) on San Juan Island.

One of my favorite activities when I wasn’t writing or researching was to go tidepooling early in the morning along the shores of the Salish Sea any time there was a minus tide.

I was lucky enough to see a lot of unique critters while exploring different tidepooling hot spots across San Juan Island. Below is a short tidepooling guide that illustrates only a fraction of the incredible diversity of plants and animals I saw during my stay.

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Residency | Oregon Caves National Monument AiR: Old-Growth Forest [Part 2]

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In May, I got to be an Artist-in-Residence for the National Park Service for the second time. I spent two weeks writing poetry about Oregon Caves National Monument and Preserve’s old-growth forests and stunning cave formations.

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The preserve is situated in the Klamath-Siskiyou ecoregion, a world biodiversity hotspot that boasts nearly 70,000 species.

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Residency | Oregon Caves National Monument AiR: Cave Formations [Part 1]

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Last month, I got to be an Artist-in-Residence for the National Park Service for the second time. I spent two weeks writing poetry about Oregon Caves National Monument and Preserve’s old-growth forests and stunning cave formations.

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The cave at the monument is a type of marble dissolution cave. Acidic rainwater flowed through blue-veined marble to create it.

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