BY ERNIE VANDERWALT
We all have our routines. Coffee, first thing in the morning. Brush your teeth, last thing at night, glasses off, plug in the phone. And everything in between.
There’s a wa…
El Nino can have intense atmospheric and oceanographic effects, such as increased precipitation, flooding, and warmer ocean temperatures, with observable impacts on marine ecosystems for months or e…
Above, the USS Nourmahal in Havana during World War II. The photo is from the National Archives, and was after she was requisitioned by the Navy as PG 72. Before that the Nourmahal was used by the U…
“Brutality to an animal is cruelty to mankind — it is only the difference in the victim.”
Alphonse de Lamartine (1790–1869)
French poet, historian, statesman and leading figure in the 1848 Fre…
BY CAPT. CATHY EAGLE
On a typical day on the water in Pine Island Sound, I see a lot of splashing, thrashing, tail slapping, and dolphins tossing fish in the air. This is most often a sign of dol…
BY PATRICK WOOD
This week, newspapers across the country pause to mark National Newspaper Week. The theme this year is simple but it carries weight: rooted in community, committed to truth. Those…
BY CAPT. WILL WATERHOUSE
Summer weather patterns are slowly starting to break down and early fall cold fronts are starting to show. This means only one thing, fired up fish in the backcountry…
“ We should pay more attention. We’re just mistreating Mother Nature–that’s like being ugly to your mama.”
Dolly Parton, 1/19/46–8/25/26, American singer, songwriter, actress, philanthropist and…
BY BENJY HAMM
When the Declaration of Independence was signed 250 years ago, newspapers throughout the colonies shared the life-changing news with their readers.
With all of the enormous chan…
“The developing nations had given to the free market the status of a god, and were sacrificing to it these farmers, farmland and communities, their forests, wetlands, and prairies, their ecosystems…
