birds | climate change | forests | Nature | trees
The Dave Richie Tree Survived Hurricane Helene
Earlier this summer, I received an email from Josh Kelly of MountainTrue that resonated on a deep…
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birds | climate change | conservation | forests | Nature | oregon | photography | Wilderness | wildfire
Opal Creek Ancient Forest: Abundance After Wildfire
The word “abundance” is on the tip of our sweetened tongues. Melt-in-your-mouth blackberries burst from the native…
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Seven “Saving the Wilds” Stories for Oregon Wild
What better way to end 2024 than with compiled stories of often unheralded women and men saving…
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activism | forests | Nature | Rivers | Wilderness
Imnaha River- Wolves, Wilderness & Threatened Wildlands
“Our responsibility as life tenants is to make certain that there are wilderness values to honor after…
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conservation | forests | Nature | Rivers | Wilderness
North Fork Umatilla Wilderness- Every Wild Place Has a Story
When facing dark times, it can help to look to the past and take heart from the…
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camping | climate change | conservation | forests | Nature | oregon | trees | Wilderness
Saving the Big Trees of Badger Creek as Wilderness — A Lucky Break
Puckery sweet huckleberries lined the upper Badger Creek trail within easy reach. Ancient western red cedars flared branches like bird wings. Noble firs, Douglas-firs, and silver firs rose columnar and elegant among Engelmann spruce, western white pine, and mountain and western hemlocks. A Pacific wren dueted with a silvery stream. Badger Creek Wilderness, at 29,000 acres, protects many centuries-old trees and ecosystems of breathtaking diversity.
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A Storied Wind Reveals the Way of Beauty
On July 17th, I had the pleasure of giving a reading at the historic Wallowa Lake Lodge,…
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Ponderosa Speaks to Woodpecker
Peel off a chip of my puzzle bark. Go ahead. Peck and chisel. Find every crevice in my amber trunk. I have known you, Downy Woodpecker, a hundred times over. My age cannot be measured by the 500 rings alone. I am river song. Whitecap on lake. Trickling headwaters. Lightning strike on high ridge bursting into flame.
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