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The Daily Troll: WA's top schools. 'Seattle nice' meets bicycles. The next Mt. St. Helens.

Mon, May 6, 4:02 p.m.

By Joe Copeland

Hispanic youth have harder time recovering from traumatic brain injuries.

Forest fires: Let 'em burn?

Wed, Jul 11, midnight

By Daniel Jack Chasan

Climate and, ironically, our obligation to fight fires mean the West has become one big tinderbox.

Winners and losers: Romney is Etch-ed; Newt gets sensitive; sympathy for the sergeant in Afghan case

Fri, Mar 23, 2 a.m.

By Knute Berger

Romney's pattern: Do a face-plant in the middle of every victory lap. But at least he's moving forward, while Gingrich and Santorum stumble even when standing still.

Review: Leopold film revitalizes land ethics for a new generation

Thu, Oct 6, 2 a.m.

By Pamela Biery

A new Aldo Leopold documentary is set to premiere in Seattle's U-District, but can it bring the importance of land use and connectivity home to a new generation of conservationists?

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Sounding the alarm for Tacoma's City Hall and our own Alcatraz

Tue, May 24, 2 a.m.

By Knute Berger

The Washington Trust for Historic Preservation releases its 2011 annual "Most Endangered" list.

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Best of 2010: Behind Weyerhaeuser's move to REIT-hood

Wed, Dec 29, 2 a.m.

By Daniel Jack Chasan

Weyerhaeuser is close to becoming a real estate investment trust. For tax analysts and shareholders, forests are no longer about timber; they're about harvesting tax-advantaged money.

Behind Weyerhaeuser's move to REIT-hood

Mon, Jan 4, 2 a.m.

By Daniel Jack Chasan

Weyerhaeuser is close to becoming a real estate investment trust. For tax analysts and shareholders, forests are no longer about timber; they're about harvesting tax-advantaged money.

Restoring saltwater, and nature, to the Nisqually River estuary

Tue, Nov 24, 6 a.m.

By Daniel Jack Chasan

While multiple agencies argue over the Columbia River system, changes are afoot in the Nisqually Delta north of Olympia. Already you can see a difference.

Climate change comes to our National Parks

Fri, Jun 5, 6 a.m.

By Pete Jackson

The problems (frequent 100-year storms, closed roads, vanishing glaciers) are straining the systems. Some conferences begin to grapple with the immense consequences and trade-offs.

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Back to the drawing board on spotted owls

Fri, Apr 17, 6 a.m.

By Daniel Jack Chasan

A new administration signals yet another deep examination about how to save forest habitats for endangered spotted owls. After decades of studies and litigation and administrative maneuvers, are we any closer to a solution?

The lasting impact of the New Deal's CCC

Fri, Apr 10, 6 a.m.

By Brian D'Ambrosio

A new book looks at one spectacular legacy in the Colorado Plateau

The Bush court sets back environmental litigation

Mon, Mar 9, 6 a.m.

By Daniel Jack Chasan

While Obama is undoing some Bush rules on endangered species, the Supreme Court renders a verdict that could be a serious blow to future environmental lawsuits.

Beware the fad of hybrid poplar trees

Thu, Jan 15, 6 a.m.

By Todd Myers

Poplars such as the Pacific albus have limited use, and they create environmental problems of their own: requiring tremendous amounts of water and raising questions about genetic engineering.

Dear Barack: Here's your handy green agenda

Thu, Dec 18, 6 a.m.

By Daniel Jack Chasan

A large group of environmental organizations send Obama suggestions for his first 200 days or undoing Bush policies and getting serious about modern forest protection.

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Reframing Northwest environmental issues

Mon, Dec 15, 6 a.m.

By Floyd McKay

Lacking top figures in the Obama administration from the region, area environmentalists are linking forest and salmon issues to a cause Obama understands better: climate change.