May 14, 1952 to February 25, 2023 “She was a force for good who sought to protect the vulnerable, whether that was a person, an animal, a species, or an ecosystem. Ruth spent over 40 years studying the North American populations of trumpeter swans and helping to mobilize and guide the efforts that succeeded …
By almost any measure, the trumpeter swan is impressive. The heaviest and longest native bird of North America, it dons grey plumage in its youth before emerging stark white after about a year. The swans make their way to the Sequim-Dungeness area each November. At Kirner Pond, about a mile west of the Woodcock/Sequim-Dungeness Way …
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