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30 October 2016

Muir: advocate for the wild

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At a bookstore in Portland in July I purchased a biography of John Muir by history professor Donald Worster. An excellent book, I graduall...
15 October 2016

So it turns out to be a threesome

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Lichens are amazing organisms, drawing out our curiosity both because of their aesthetic appeal and their novel ecological and evolutionary...
24 September 2016

Incredible plants: tiger lilies

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Lilium columbianum , near Comet Falls, Mt. Rainier National Park, July 2016. Lilies are a stunning group of flowering plants, and many...
18 September 2016

Butte Lake, Lassen Volcanic National Park

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View of Mt. Lassen from inside the crater of  Cinder Cone, Aug 2016. Except perhaps for Redwood National Park , I've been to Lass...
14 August 2016

Thornton Lakes, North Cascades National Park

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The northern Cascades, looking south from the Thornton Lakes area. 2016 is the centennial year of the National Park Service, and with a...
31 July 2016

Snow Lake, Mt. Rainier National Park

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Snow lake, the southern end. Alpine lakes are one of my favorite destinations in the mountain wildernesses of the Pacific states. At hi...
18 July 2016

Comet Falls, Mt. Rainier National Park

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Last week was my first visit to Mt. Rainier National Park in central Washington . The peak at the center of the park is the highest mou...
14 July 2016

Oregon caves

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Valley leading up to Oregon Caves National Monument. The Oregon Caves National Monument lies in the Siskiyou range, a mountainous r...
12 July 2016

Crescent City rocky intertidal

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The northern-most significant stretch of rocky coastline in California borders the small sleepy town of Crescent City . Last week offered...
09 July 2016

Oregon redwoods

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According to the fossil record, redwoods once occupied a large expanse of territory across North America . Today they are restricted to...