activism | climate change | conservation | forests | hiking | oregon | Wilderness
Drift Creek Wilderness– A Tribute
I’m drifting back in time in Drift Creek Wilderness, the largest remaining protected ancient forest in the…
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Trios of Renewal in the Three Sisters Wilderness
On an overnight backpack in the Three Sisters Wilderness, I am musing over trios, triplets, and tryptychs….
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Spring Nudges the Rimrock
Death camas stems burst from the soil like some kind of verdant chicanery, here where the snow…
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Raven Nook
For three full days I hesitated. I’d look at the email, start my response, and falter. The…
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conservation | hiking | Nature | Rivers
Dave Richie and friends: Why the Appalachian Trail has Soul and Body today
Last Saturday, I listened to one fine conservationist after another sharing stories about my dad Dave Richie,…
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climate change | conservation | flowers | hiking | Nature | trees
Our Love-Hate Relationship with Fire
Fire crackles and pops in our living room wood stove. I’m cozying up on this fall morning…
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butterflies | camping | flowers | hiking | Nature | Rivers | Wilderness
Wildflowers Flow from the High Wallowas
Flood alert in the high Wallowas! Wildflowers are surging, overflowing meadows, and crushing the headwater springs with…
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camping | conservation | hiking | Nature | Philosophy
Wilderness Revery on top of Eagle Cap
“One time the wind blew free and there was nothing to break the light of the sun ”…
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Umatilla Rim: Shaking up our World View
Sometimes you have to shake it up. Lie on your back and gaze up at the clouds. Turn…
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