Frank Jordan

The Salish Sea is home to endangered Southern Resident killer whales and vital Chinook salmon runs. A tidal turbine in Rosario Strait threatens their survival & Tribal rights.

🗓️ Comment by Sept 30, 2025 → ferconline.ferc.gov/QuickComment.aspx

FERC Docket: P-15368-001
#SalishSea #StopTidalTurbines

Cathedral Park, Colorado Springs

McCullough Gulch, Breckenridge, CO

A row of booths on a ferry by a wall of windows.

Not my house… but I know my way around.

Pueblo, CO

Somewhere in Wyoming on the way to Colorado. The wind was blowing 50+ mph sustained. With precipitation this drive would have been considerably less fun.

Renowned Cold War-era spy plane touches down on Whidbey for the last time | Whidbey News-Times With the start of the new year, Naval Air Station Whidbey Island has left something behind which leaders say is a major cultural shift for the Navy as a whole — the EP-3E Aries II surveillance aircraf...

Renowned Cold War-era US Navy EP-3E Aries II spy plane touches down on Naval Air Station Whidbey Island for the last time
www.whidbeynewstimes.com/news/renowne...

A black crow struts across a wooden deck

Head into next week with the confidence of a crow. 🪶

"Our where determines our who." -Reg Saner (All the Wild that Remains, David Gessner)

Mappy #GISDay! Location intelligence can help build a more equitable, just world where a person's race or ethnicity does not impact their outcomes. GIS can provide insight into patterns of inequality and bring communities together to drive change: www.esri.com/en-us/racial...

#GISChat #GeoSky

Bluesky so far is a refreshing return to what I liked most about Twitter before the fall; A place I can go to interact with thoughtful discussions on topics of my choosing without feeling subjected to disinformation or a psyop. Glad to see GIS and nature folks thriving again.

Mapping the ionosphere with millions of phones - Nature Data from millions of smartphones are used to map the ionosphere in greater detail, leading to improved smartphone location accuracy, particularly in parts of the world with few monitoring stations.

www.nature.com/articles/s41... #gis

Salmon return to lay eggs in historic habitat after largest dam removal project in US history Less than a month after four towering dams on the Klamath River were demolished, hundreds of salmon made it into waters they have been cut off from for decades to spawn in cool creeks.

apnews.com/article/klam...

Washington Pass before the snow closure for the season.

Happy Place Trail, Nevada

Mount Rainier dwellers