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Sausage Links, tree-cutting edition

Crosscut — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 15:09:01 PDT

Timber! The Seattle Times has a series of special reports about the lack of oversight in the logging industry and the cost to state taxpayers. According to the report, no one checked when Weyerhaeuser started clear-cutting unstable slopes, some of which eventually slid and cost millions of dollars to clean up. Naturally, David Goldstein at Horse's Ass blames Republican-led deregulation. ...

The Rose City blooms while the Emerald City fades

Crosscut — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 05:00:01 PDT

Portland and Seattle are among the top 10 "best-designed" urban areas, but Seattle ranks lower in part because of its record on historic preservation.

In the Blast Zone examines Mount St. Helens' recovery

New West — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 05:00:01 PDT

A new book collects scientific, personal, and poetic responses to Mount St. Helens, 28 years after its eruption.

Sailing into oblivion

Crosscut — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 08:00:01 PDT

Seattle's last old Pacific schooner is about to be dismantled. The Wawona's impending "death" this summer offers a lesson in the challenges of maritime preservation. It's a tough end for a landmark ship that people have worked so hard for so long to save.

It's stormy, and the Pacific coast beckons

Crosscut — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 05:00:01 PDT

While it's customary for Northwesterners to flock to the beach in summer, an off-season visit stays with you longer.

Do we need guns at Paradise?

Crosscut — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 05:00:01 PST

Some Northwest lawmakers have pushed the Bush administration to allow visitors to carry loaded guns in our national parks. It gives backpacking a whole new meaning.

Getting lost in the Big Empty

Crosscut — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 05:00:01 PDT

Forget density, cities, and sprawl. Here in the West, we still have land that can swallow you whole, from Nevada's Bermuda Triangle to Oregon's ancient fossil beds.

Mossback updates: monorails, national parks, bears, North Dakota, and Ballard

Crosscut — Mon, 30 Jul 2007 05:00:01 PDT

Our illiterate creationist also writes about a Swedish Nazi's anniversary, hemp candy, and the new location of the center of the universe.

With 'nature-deficit disorder,' the decline of traditional summer camps

Crosscut — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 00:00:01 PDT

Hidden Valley Camp, a Northwest institution, is concerned about the future of old-school summer camps, and they're not alone. Some experts worry that a younger generation is disconnected from nature. It might be time to unplan — and unplug — the kids.

How they drew lines in the Northwest's forests

Crosscut — Sat, 09 Jun 2007 10:00:01 PDT

An environmental historian traces the century-long evolution of a government-managed patchwork in the Cascades. In the end, designating wilderness areas was as much about cutting down trees as preserving them.

The inconvenient truth of the West's national parks

Crosscut — Sat, 19 May 2007 00:00:01 PDT

Mossback on the road: Even environmentalists can be moved by eco-devastation of biblical proportion: The outcome can be beautiful.