Crosscut articles of the past 10 days with the most clicks.
Crosscut articles of the past 10 days with the most reader comments.
Crosscut blog posts of the past 10 days with the most clicks.
Posted Thu, Oct 15, 6 a.m.
Using a state pilot project, the Cascade Land Conservancy has made it possible to preserve historic Hidden Valley Camp for future generations. It's more than a win for holding back sprawl, it also saves an incubator of the Northwest's conservation ethic.
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Posted Tue, Oct 13, 6 a.m.
Volunteers, artists, and an absentee landowner are together creating a P-Patch honoring the father of the University District Street Fair.
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Posted Fri, Oct 2, 6 a.m.
Newfoundland went centuries believing it could never exhaust its abundance of cod. Until it did. A reflection from the waters of Vashon Island and Mistaken Point.
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Posted Wed, Sep 30, 6 a.m.
'Flood control is an oxymoron,' one expert says. Maybe, instead of spending so much money trying to control our rivers, we should buy out property owners and let the water run free.
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Posted Wed, Sep 23, 6 a.m.
A Biological Opinion factors in the effect of climate change on California salmon runs and the orcas that depend on them. So why is the recent BiOp by NOAA on the Columbia and Snake so oblivious?
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Posted Tue, Sep 15, 3:34 p.m.
Salmon advocates had expected a move toward study of breaching dams as a remedy for declining runs on the Snake and Columbia. Instead, they got a "split-the-baby" decision that may please neither side of this hot political issue.
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Posted Tue, Sep 8, 9:28 p.m.
Remote farmers had no power, because the private utilities didn't want to bother. So Roosevelt created a government agency to electrify the folks and drive down the rates. He didn't unplug grandma; he plugged her in.
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Posted Wed, Sep 2, 6 a.m.
To build a new house on agricultural land, you'll have to farm that land yourself, and prove it.
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Posted Thu, Jul 30, 6 a.m.
A classic Northwest story (and fantasy) is re-enacted on a run-down farm on Lopez Island
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Posted Wed, Jul 15, 6 a.m.
A long dispute over the way U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service operates its hatchery has moved to the courts. The case involves a prominent nearby landowner, Harriet Bullitt, and sheds light on the impact of hatcheries and water diversions.
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Posted Wed, Jul 8, 6 a.m.
Dairy farms are putting in digesters, creating methane to power electrical generators, fertilizer, and cattle bedding. One problem: hydropower in the Northwest is so cheap that farmers can't make money selling their kilowatts.
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Posted Thu, Jun 18, 6 a.m.
A 'trade mission' by the Port of Seattle makes the case for the deep bore tunnel, which avoids cutting off Eastern Washington trade from the port for years
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Posted Mon, Jun 15, 6 a.m.
PETA objects to the Pike Place fish tossers, but they'd do better if they focused on a real menace: fish sticks.
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Posted Thu, Jun 4, 6 a.m.
A search for a well-made scythe leads to an appreciation of the great toolmakers who lived here 13,000 years ago.
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Posted Thu, Jun 4, 6 a.m.
Which is more threatened: wetlands or farmlands? And bear in mind that Skagit Valley farmland is perhaps the finest dirt in the world.
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Posted Tue, Mar 10, 6 a.m.
The folks who brought you Buy Local have a more ambitious future in mind for the Northwest. Think national model for sustainable communities.
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Posted Tue, Dec 2, 4:08 p.m.
The ocean's acidity around a tiny island off the Washington coast has been changing 10 times faster than expected. The surprising finding might reflect an oceanic hot spot, rather than a broader trend.
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Posted Fri, Nov 21, 5 a.m.
The Puget Sound Partnership has produced its draft action agenda, tempered by the fiscal realities of the coming Legislature. It locates the real challenge: how we treat the land around the Sound.
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Posted Mon, Nov 10, 6:46 p.m.
The campaign symbol that got away. Plus: tales of ravenous locusts, obese bears, Bigfoot's B.C. invasion, and more animal news.
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Posted Wed, Oct 1, 4 a.m.
A wine shop owner in Yakima launches a tasting series for non-Washington wines, with so far mixed success.
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Posted Thu, Feb 5, 6 a.m.
The economic crunch may deliver bargains to a wine list near you.
MOREPosted Mon, Dec 29, noon 2008
A Washington Post story indicates that after a major multi-decade, multi-billion-dollar effort, there's little or no progress in saving Chesapeake Bay.
MOREPosted Thu, Dec 25, 4:26 p.m. 2008
Jane Lubchenco's designation to head the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), signals Barack Obama's intent to get serious about climate change. It is also recognition of Pacific Northwest leadership in marine science.
MOREPosted Fri, Dec 5, 9 a.m. 2008
Go ahead, cut that tree, and feel good about your environmental footprint.
MOREPosted Sat, Nov 29, noon 2008
The two leading candidates for Secretary of Agriculture would do little to change the way we grow our food and treat our farmland.
MOREPosted Wed, Oct 15, 6 a.m. 2008
Restoring ancient habitat in the Willamette Valley.
MOREPosted Fri, Aug 15, 12:22 p.m. 2008
Despite the near-record temperatures predicted for the weekend, officials from around the state are asking agencies to "freeze." Last week, Democratic Gov. Chris Gregoire ordered a hiring freeze for state employees in an attempt to ease Washington's mounting budget deficit. Yesterday, the Snohomish County Council ordered a hiring freeze for all of their county's agencies. Not to be outdone, Seattle Mayor Greg Nickels proposed a $5 million spending freeze for the City of Seattle yesterday. On a related note, Seattle's fleet of ice cream carts are expanding their service around the city, in a move experts say could result in widespread brain freezes. ...
MOREPosted Wed, Aug 6, 5:12 a.m. 2008
When I was growing up, a summer wasn't a summer until my first bee sting. Honeybees, in particular, were everywhere. During picnics we would often have to move from place to place until we found a shady bee-free zone at the local park. Playing kick-the-can in the afternoons, racing through the neighborhood yards was its own Olympics:
MOREPosted Fri, Jun 20, 12:05 p.m. 2008
Jim Camden at the Spokesman-Review mined his YouTube account for videos of Barack Obama's now infamous switch on campaign financing, while also noting John McCain's back flip on the off-shore oil drilling ban. ...
MOREPosted Tue, Jun 3, 5 a.m. 2008
Scientists have returned from Peshastin, WA, near Leavenworth, with what they believe may be two juvenile giant Palouse earthworms. Soil scientist Jodi Johnson-Maynard and another researcher from the University of Idaho found the specimens last week after following up on the possibility that the elusive worm species lives in the area.
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