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Buls Eye - Glaciers, global warming and hybrid tugs

Bruce Buls
7/26/2010

Last week, I enjoyed a beautiful hike across the Garden Wall in Glacier National Park. The views were spectacular. What I didn’t see were glaciers. Of the about 150 glaciers that covered the park’s... See Archives »

Current Affairs - Where did that darn carp come from?

Dale DuPont
7/26/2010

The Great Lakes Commission and the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Cities Initiative will spend $2 million and 18 months studying the best way to separate the Mississippi River basin from the Great... See Archives »

WorkBoat Watch - Mariners will be needed again soon

David Krapf
7/26/2010

While we continue to recover from one of the worst recessions in history, most companies are still in a lockdown mode, hesitant to expand their payrolls. Hopefully, however, workboat operators don’t... See Archives »

Offshore Outlook - Where’s the oil?

Jerry Greenberg
7/26/2010

National Incident Commander Adm. Thad Allen said that BP is having trouble finding oil to skim. “We’re starting to have trouble finding oil,” he said at his July 21 daily press briefing. “We’ve had... See Archives »

On the Water - We need all the experience we can get

Joel Milton
6/28/2010

I was off the boat for only five days when the personnel manager called. He asked, “We’ve got a guy out on medical, can you cover his first week before going back to your boat?” For me, that would... See Archives »

Legal Talk - I want more time on a boat

John K. Fulweiler
7/26/2010

Working on a boat, I spent a lot of time wanting to get off. Nowadays, all I want is time on. Time to feel that familiar pitch and roll. Time to squint into a booming sun ... just more time. See Archives »

The Hocke Net - Taking the fight to the oil spill

Ken Hocke
7/26/2010

About nine weeks ago I made my first trip into the oily waters of the Gulf of Mexico since the April 20 Deepwater Horizon explosion. There was plenty of activity at the Venice (La.) Port Complex... See Archives »

Washington Watch - Fries with that Asian carp?

Pamela Glass
7/26/2010

This is one of those only in America stories. Where else can you take an ugly, unwanted fish and completely rebrand it into a marketable asset, complete with top chefs extolling its virtues and... See Archives »