Nature is becoming unreliable
Twice a year, I hike a favorite trail in Oregon’s Cascade Range. I have done this for over 20 years,…
MoreAn invitation to play the climate-change game
Let’s play a game, the climate-change game that every living thing on Earth has no choice but to play, starting…
Dead Horse State Park, Moab, Utah, Andres Haro, Unsplash
Morea warning from the snowbirds
No, this isn’t about those folks who spend their winters in Arizona or Florida. The snowbird behind this warning is…
Cristina Glebova; courtesy Unsplash
MoreRequiem for the Joshua tree
Disheveled, gangly, the Joshua tree is surely one of the West’s strangest — and most recognizable — plants. Named by…
Conglomerate Mesa, Photo by Louis Medina, Friends of the Inyo
MoreNo one wants to collide with a deer
A deer stands paralyzed in the middle of a mountain highway, stunned by the lights and deafening roar of an…
Moose crossing on highway animal wildlife overpass. On the Trans-Canada Highway in Banff National Park.
MoreThe fading miracle of migration
For the past few weeks, dozens of turkey vultures have been circling on thermals over my house in Oregon, preparing…
Snow Geese take flight in Oregon, photo by Pepper Trail
MoreComing soon, the Apocalypse, maybe
Just about every video game, young adult novel and buzz-worthy streaming series agree that we need to prepare for a…
Photo by Intricate Explorer, Via Unsplash
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A new predator stalks the West
The grizzly bear. The wolf. The cougar. These magnificent creatures, apex predators, how can we not admire them? People cross…
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When immortals die
Giant sequoias come as close to immortality as living organisms can. Many live over a thousand years despite nature’s challenges. So…
MoreWe blame the trees, but whose fault is it?
“But it’s questionable that any amount of “thinning” could protect Ashland from a wind-driven firestorm coming out of the watershed.”
Photograph by Romain Le Teuff, courtesy of Unsplash
MoreWhen Water Dries Up, It Can Be Deadly
“The dams that choke the Klamath River may be finally nearing removal”
Photograph by Markus Spiske, Courtesy of Unsplash
MoreFanning the Flames of Hate in Oregon
“The present we are now enduring is the climate-change future that we have been warned about for decades.”
Photograph by Alex Radelich, Courtesy of Unsplash
MoreTHE WORLD IS ALIVE
Climate change and the conversion of wild ecosystems, if unchecked, threaten to collapse the global bounty of “nature’s services.”
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