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Month: October 2020

And. . . action!

Posted on 2020-10-262023-01-05 by Allison J. Gong

At the end of August I got to play animal wrangler for a film production. Back in the late winter I had been contacted by an intern at KQED in San Francisco, who wanted to shoot some time-lapse footage of anemones dividing. We went out and collected anemones, I got them set up in tanks…

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Life (and death) at the shore

Posted on 2020-10-222023-01-05 by Allison J. Gong

Still more or less under quarantine shutdown due to COVID19, I haven’t been doing much outdoor stuff over the past several months. What with the pandemic and horrid air quality due to wildfires throughout the state, spending time in places I would normally like to hang out simply hasn’t been possible. We’re still getting too…

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A Walk in the Mountains

Posted on 2020-10-032021-07-21 by Alex Johnson

Another guest blog entry by my husband, Alex Johnson 22 September 2020Lake McDonald, Glacier National Park, Montana Thirty four years ago I worked as a seasonal employee in Glacier National Park. My first job – and my most favorite – was Information Desk Clerk. I found I loved sharing my enthusiasm for the park with…

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