PNW Hike: Camassia Nature Preserve
This dog-friendly hike near Mosier in the Columbia River Gorge is best in the spring, when wildflowers cover the hills.
PNW Hike: Memaloose Hills
This dog-friendly hike near Mosier in the Columbia River Gorge is best in the spring, when wildflowers cover the hills.
7 Prettiest Tulips at the Wooden Shoe Tulip Festival
Highlights from the annual tulip festival held in Woodburn, Oregon.
Shifting Sands
A trip to the Oregon Dunes unearthed the influence for Frank Herbert’s Dune—and a love of stories and nature passed down from fathers and places.
American-made Design
Frank Lloyd Wright’s Gordon House is the architect’s only project in Oregon.
Of Mice and Men—and Douglas-fir Trees
A legend found in the tree’s cone provides lessons in shelter and community.
Growing Among the Mushrooms
Mushroom foraging with a guide taught me something about chanterelles—and myself.
In Search of Big Cats
For Gary Koehler, a big-cat expert and retired wildlife researcher from Wenatchee, home means learning to share the land with all of its enigmatic critters.
What Is the Pacific Northwest?
A blurring of boundaries, personal and political.
Ponder the Trees
Forest bathing is a Japanese concept that boasts mental, physical, and spiritual benefits—as well as a good excuse to return to a childlike curiosity about the world around you.
