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A Field Guide to Crabs of the Pacific Northwest

August 17, 2020

Including straight-forward, easily accessible information and identifying images of forty-six species of crabs, from the widely-known (and much coveted among seafood fanciers) Dungeness Crab, Cancer magister, to the little-known (at least to me) Pubescent Porcelain Crab, Pachycheles pubescens, as well as a concise introductory section explaining crab ecology and life history, this new field guide will easily prove itself essential to any well-stocked field bag for all Pacific Northwest coast explorations.

Marine Life of the Salish Sea

November 14, 2019

Marine Life Salish Sea Protected Waters cover

I fell head-over-field-kit in love with the Salish Sea the first time I set eyes upon it, and each return visit has only served to deepen and enrich my affections for it. Naturally, whenever I’m given the chance, I revel in walking along its shores, both to admire its beauty as well as to seek-out some of the fascinating forms of life it holds within its waters, made visible to land-bound observers in its coastal tide pools (as well as in the superb educational displays of such visit-worthy institutions as the Shaw Centre for the Salish Sea).

A Field Guide to Insects of the Pacific Northwest

July 22, 2018

When it comes to insects, no field guide is sufficiently comprehensive to cover all the possible species to be found in even a small geographic area. But sometimes, covering all the possibilities isn’t necessary; sometimes – particularly with beginning naturalists or the simply curious – even covering only a few is fine.

Views of the Salish Sea

February 6, 2018

Whenever I get the opportunity for a vacation, my family and I invariably head north to one of the many idyllic towns and villages along the Salish Sea. Thus when a copy of the recently published “Views of the Salish Sea; One Hundred and Fifty Years of Change around the Strait of Georgia” arrived on my desk, you can imagine how delighted I was.