Pat Neal

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My name is Pat. I help people with fishing problems. Salmon and steelhead river guide of the Northern Olympic Peninsula. Book a trip today.

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PAT NEAL: The camas are blooming

3 days ago | peninsuladailynews.com | Pat Neal

by Pat NealWednesday, June 4, 2025 1:30amOpinionClallam CountyJefferson County THERE’S A LITTLE piece of history blooming now right along U.S. Highway 101, a few miles south of Forks. The camas are blooming.
PAT NEAL: The call of the Swainson’s thrush

1 week ago | peninsuladailynews.com | Pat Neal

by Pat NealWednesday, May 28, 2025 1:30amOpinionClallam CountyJefferson County THIS MUST BE my favorite time of year. We’ve emerged from hibernation and all danger of frost has passed. The birds have returned from the distant South to our forests to nest. The ones that survived the migration. There is the cooing of the band-tailed pigeon and the singular whistle of the Swainson’s thrush.
Art Fair showcases students’ creativity

2 weeks ago | islandernews.com | Pat Neal

Fifty-six students, aged 6 to 12, dazzled attendees at the annual St Christopher’s Montessori School’s Art Fair on Friday, May 9. The event highlighted a year-long exploration of art fundamentals, where students experimented with various artistic elements and media, transforming simple materials into brilliant works of art. During the school year, the students embarked on a creative journey covering key elements including line, shape, color, form, value, space and texture.
PAT NEAL: The Olympic Peninsula driving guide

2 weeks ago | peninsuladailynews.com | Pat Neal

by Pat NealWednesday, May 21, 2025 1:30amOpinionClallam CountyJefferson County THE SIGNS OF the season are everywhere. The roar of the lawn mower, the stench of burning charcoal and the seasonal spike in gas prices tell us vacation time is here. Tourists come here from all over the country to clog up our roads. Some of them drive almost as bad as the locals. It’s at times like these you need an Olympic Peninsula driving guide.
PAT NEAL: River birds decline, forecast the future for us

3 weeks ago | peninsuladailynews.com | Pat Neal

By Pat Neal For Peninsula Daily NewsWednesday, May 14, 2025 11:45amOpinionClallam CountyJefferson County IT WAS DAYLIGHT on the river and no birds sang. It was quiet, like The Duke used to say, “A little too quiet.”I figured the birds were up to something. Normally I’d be cussing the fish ducks about this time of year.
PAT NEAL: We’re opening the Upper Hoh Road

1 month ago | peninsuladailynews.com | Pat Neal

by Pat NealWednesday, May 7, 2025 1:30amOpinionClallam CountyJefferson County OFTEN WHILE GLIDING along the paved roads of the Olympic Peninsula, you wonder at the difficulty of travel in this land before the age of the automobile. Before there were roads, there were railroads. Before there were railroads, there were trails. The Native Americans made the first trails probably following the seasonal migration paths of elk.
PAT NEAL: A family favorite skunk cabbage recipe

1 month ago | peninsuladailynews.com | Pat Neal

by Pat NealWednesday, April 30, 2025 1:30amOpinionClallam CountyJefferson County THE SKUNK CABBAGE is a swamp-dwelling harbinger of spring. Named for its distinctive aroma, the skunk cabbage can produce knee-high yellow flowers surrounded by a pallet of watermelon-sized green leaves. The luxuriant yellow blossoms of the skunk cabbage form an enchanting tableau in our roadside bogs that can be irresistible to tourists.
PAT NEAL: Fond memories of opening day

1 month ago | peninsuladailynews.com | Pat Neal

by Pat NealWednesday, April 23, 2025 1:30amOpinionClallam CountyJefferson County ONE OF MY many guilty pleasures is to look through copies of old newspapers as a way of looking backwards.
PAT NEAL: De-extincting our salmon

1 month ago | peninsuladailynews.com | Pat Neal

WHO SAYS THERE’S no good news? Colossal Biosciences, a Dallas-based company, announced the birth of three dire wolf pups that represent the world’s first “de-extinction.”This is an effort to bring back a lost species that disappeared about 10,000 years ago. Colossal used DNA from dire wolf fossils to reassemble the dire wolf’s genome using CRISPR, a gene-editing tool. Colossal modified 14 genes tied to the dire wolf’s physical traits, such as size, musculature and fur quality and color.
St Christopher’s upgrading playground

1 month ago | islandernews.com | Pat Neal

St. Christopher's Montessori school, which is on track to become the first International Baccalaureate, Primary Years Programme Montessori School in Florida, is updating its playground, according to Leslie Lasseville, head of school. “The playground is incredibly important to the development of students in IB, PYP and Montessori schools because it supports key aspects of learning, such as physical, social, emotional and cognitive growth,” Lasseville said.

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