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Selway River Speaks
Here, there is no cell service. Here, the news is heralded by the wheep wheep wheep of…
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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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activism | conservation | flowers | forests | Nature
Lookout Mountain, Roadless Beacon of the Ochocos
This is the third piece in the series “Every Wild Place Has a Story” for Oregon Wild’s…
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camping | conservation | Nature | Rivers
Beloved Metolius River: An Untold Story, the Promise of Wilderness, and the River Democracy Act
“We’ve learned that safeguarding a river requires that people become engaged in the future.”–Tim Palmer, Wild and…
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activism | birds | climate change | conservation | forests | wildfire
Every Wild Place Has a Story: an Oregon Wild series
This is the introduction essay for a series celebrating Oregon Wild’s 50th anniversary and the 60th anniversary…
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Why I Love Wilderness with a big “W”
“To be whole. To be complete. Wildness reminds us what it means to be human, what we…
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climate change | conservation | forests | lakes | Nature
Waldo Lake – protect wildlands to save pure waters
Dawn mist flows across Waldo Lake like frosty breath. Mountain hemlocks spire to the sky and embrace…
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climate change | conservation | forests | Nature | Rivers | wildfire
Lostine River Corridor Logging: Lament and a Promise
How often do we circle back to the places we tried to save and could not? What…
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Free Solo: What’s Worth Dying for?
In the new National Geographic documentary Free Solo, Alex Honnold gives a virtuoso performance like none other. The…
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