MOUNT VERNON – A 4-foot section of a mammoth tusk has been uncovered in a gravel pit in Skagit County.
Belfast Gravel owner Earl Curry realized he had uncovered something special Feb. 28 and was trying to be careful, but a piece of the waterlogged fossil broke off as he tried to move it.
Curry called in Western Washington University researcher George Mustoe, who is drying the tusk slowly so it doesn’t fall apart.
Mustoe estimates the fossil is 20,000 years old.
Associated Press
Seattle: High winds damage floating bridge
The Evergreen Point Floating Bridge across Lake Washington was closed at evening rush hour Wednesday after a damaged part was found in its drawspan during heavy wind and waves.
The bridge closed shortly after 5 p.m. and was expected to remain closed through the night while repairs were made to a damaged beam, the state Department of Transportation said.
Associated Press
Stevenson: Sea lion slips around dam gate
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers might have to come up with a new name for the sea lion branded by researchers as C-404. Maybe Harry Houdini.
In early February, the corps unveiled a series of steel barricades designed to keep sea lions out of the fish ladders at Bonneville Dam. But one sea lion figured out how to squeeze his head through the 151/2 -inch gaps in the steel grates. Once ensconced in the ladder, he waits for a veritable buffet of fish to swim his way.
The Columbian
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