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Police officers discover one big rock

A glacial erratic is a piece of rock that differs from the size and type of rock native to the area in which it rests and are carried by glacial ice, often over distances of hundreds of miles.

Who would think that we have a glacial erratic that is as big as a house right here in Lake…

2011-07-13
Big boulder in Edmonds one of many left by long-gone glaciers

After untold millennia of glacier surfing, this big rock is taking a quick, 12,000-year break.

Geologists believe a boulder located in a mobile-home park just off Edmonds Way is an "erratic," a stone deposited in the area by glaciers during the ice age.

Looking at the…

2011-05-31
Is Mount Baker a danger to Whatcom County? Find out in free presentation Jan. 20 2011-01-13
Eruptive history of Mount Baker is focus of Bellingham talk

Volcano researcher Dave Tucker will talk about the eruptive history of Mount Baker on Thursday, Oct. 14, at Whatcom Museum.

The free event begins at 7:30 p.m. and is open to the public. It will be in the Rotunda Room of the museum's Old City Hall building, 121 Prospect St.

2010-10-11
WWU's Dave Tucker to give free presentation on Mount Baker's eruptive history Oct. 14 2010-10-01
Topics of free history talks in Bellingham include Mount Baker volcano, WWU

Whatcom County Historical Society announced its 2010-11 progam of speakers and presentations.

The free events start at 7:30 p.m. Thursdays in the Rotunda Room of Whatcom Museum's Old City Hall building, 121 Prospect St. The lineup:

Oct. 14: "The Eruptive History of the…

2010-09-14
Fossil Find: Big Bird Roamed Northwest 50 Million Years Ago

Last year, a landslide east of Bellingham exposed a rock slab with an assortment of fossilized bird tracks. One of the footprints is really big.

2010-07-15
Giant Bird Roamed Northwest 50 Million Years Ago

Last year, a landslide east of Bellingham exposed a rock slab with an assortment of fossilized bird tracks. One of the footprints is really big.

2010-07-14
WWU researchers retrieve fossil track of giant extinct bird

At 10:24 a.m. Monday, July 12, in the foothills northeast of Deming, the heavy-duty helicopter gently lowered a sandstone slab onto a flatbed truck on loan from Western Washington University.

A safe distance away in the foothills drizzle, several members of WWU's geology department…

2010-07-13
Fossil discovered by WWU geologists proves local existence of giant flightless bird 50M years ago 2010-07-12
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