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The West's faltering conservation efforts: Can outdoor industry help?

Thu, Aug 16, midnight

By Greg Hanscom

The CEO of one big firm has used his company's clout to persuade Utah's governor to back off the idea of selling wild lands to developers. Now, round two is about to begin.

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Seattle's billion-dollar waterfront

Wed, Jul 18, midnight

By Knute Berger

Worried about the risks of the SoDo arena plan? Just take a look at the bill for the new waterfront park.

David James Duncan turns loss into great success

Tue, Jul 17, midnight

By Anthony B. Robinson

Thoughts from a great Western writer on loss, wilderness and moving on.

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Ghosts of Lake Washington parks past

Tue, Jul 10, midnight

By Bob Royer

A new puppy and a walk from Madrona down through Seward Park evoke Lake Washington tales, new and old.

A playground renaissance arrives at Seattle parks

Tue, Jul 10, midnight

By Knute Berger

Seattle's park playgrounds offer much more than before, but are we going too far with privatized zip lines?

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An end to Washington's great ski season run?

Fri, Jun 22, midnight

By Stephen H. Dunphy

Climatologists eye a 50-50 chance we'll be stuck with an El Nino weather pattern next year. Does that mean we'll have to do without knee-deep powder and bluebird days come 2013?

Whale-watching boats: no 'room' for the orcas

Tue, Jun 12, midnight

By Daniel Jack Chasan

A recent tiff over showing a critical look at whale-watching activities illustrates a bigger issue: Is there a way to move forward that is good for all? Maybe so.

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Mercer UpGarden turns parking spots into garden beds

Fri, Jun 1, 2:15 p.m.

By Martha Baskin

Green Acre Radio: The UpGarden on Mercer Street, built on the top of an area parking garage, will be one of the country's first public rooftop gardens.

Seattle Weekender: Werewolves and Mormons at SIFF, gin cocktails, and late-night karaoke

Thu, May 24, midnight

By Quin Benzel

Crosscut's guide to a culturally enriching weekend in the city. Or at least some fun.

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A garden of May delights

Fri, May 11, 10 p.m.

By Jackie Hiltz

A couple's life work left the Seattle area a garden of uncommon delights near Graham on the way to Mount Rainier.

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The fight to create Washington's biggest park

Thu, Apr 26, 2 a.m.

By Bob Simmons

In Whatcom County, the park that would be Washington's biggest, is inching closer to reality. Even as local politicians arm wrestle over its future.

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What color is your Space Needle?

Wed, Apr 18, 2 a.m.

By Knute Berger

For the 50th anniversary, the Needle is going classic orange, but many color schemes were considered for the original Needle, from battleship gray to rainbow. And the original orange? It was probably a mistake.

In Magnuson Park, tadpoles swim where planes once landed

Fri, Apr 13, 2 a.m.

By Martha Baskin

Green Acre Radio: In Seattle's Magnuson Park, ecologists have turned runways into fully functioning wetlands. It's all in a day's work.

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Beauty and diversity at Federal Way rhododendron garden

Fri, Apr 13, 2 a.m.

By Jackie Hiltz

With over 10,000 rhododendrons from all over the world, the Rhododendron Species Botanical Garden is an exotic adventure waiting to happen. And it's just a short drive down I-5.

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Seattle and Brooklyn: a tale of two waterfronts

Wed, Apr 4, 2 a.m.

By Bob Royer

A Brooklyn waterfront park-in-progress shares many of the same traits and problems with our own waterfront dreams; a compare and contrast imparts a few insights and lessons.

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