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Feeding the food gardening trend

Posted Wed, Feb 3, 2 a.m.

By Bill Thorness

Edibles will be on display this week at the mammoth 22nd annual Northwest Flower & Garden Show, opening today.

Seattle's sister city: Pompeii?

Posted Thu, Jan 28, 2 a.m.

By Knute Berger

Nothing motivates like fear itself, but in Seattle, where potential natural catastrophes abound, the politics of safety can both be overplayed and underplayed. Knowing which is tough.

Disaster leads to chance for giant park in Whatcom County

Posted Tue, Dec 8, 2 a.m.

By Bob Simmons

One of the things washed away in a 1983 flood was the rationale for maintaining state ownership of 8,400 acres at Lake Whatcom. But now some question whether the county can afford to take back the land.

Time to 'claim the lane' on bike safety

Posted Fri, Dec 4, 2 a.m.

By Daniel Jack Chasan

With the momentum of new legislation in Oregon and a new bicycling mayor in Seattle, Washington needs a bold new "vulnerable user" law for cyclists.

Crosscut By 2: All over but the runner's high

Posted Mon, Nov 30, 4 p.m.

By Monte Enbysk

In which our intrepid columnist makes it to the Seattle Marathon, nearly outruns two old ladies, keeps pace (for awhile) with a barefoot guy, and still has complaints about the race.

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Building a 'Decentral Park' out of tiny nearby-nature plots

Posted Sat, Nov 28, 6 a.m.

By Richard Louv

Here's a proposal to let neighbors and families create "button parks" out of small bits of land, with help from land trusts and with links to a broader urban network of green spaces.

Seattle Marathon course saves the worst (and hilliest) for last

Posted Fri, Nov 27, 2 a.m.

By Monte Enbysk

Crosscut By 2: With the big race two days away, a veteran participant previews the course, and the pain, that lies ahead.

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Hitting the wall before the starting line

Posted Fri, Nov 6, 6 a.m.

By Monte Enbysk

As the Seattle Marathon approaches, a local runner fights age and ailments to get to his 17th long-distance race.

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A case of bike rage

Posted Tue, Nov 3, 6 a.m.

By Knute Berger

The dispute over an event at West Seattle's Lincoln Park unleashes a "cycle" of anger. Once again, parks make good battlefields.

Completing an Ironman, virtually

Posted Fri, Oct 23, 6 a.m.

By Himanee Gupta-Carlson

At more than 140 miles spread among three events, the Ironman race is a huge feat to pull off all at once. But what if you could spread out the pain over a week?

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This camp is your camp

Posted Thu, Oct 15, 6 a.m.

By Knute Berger

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.

Shiga's Garden: fittingly, a story of sunshine and cooperation

Posted Tue, Oct 13, 6 a.m.

By Judy Lightfoot

Volunteers, artists, and an absentee landowner are together creating a P-Patch honoring the father of the University District Street Fair.

Bracing lessons for Northwest fisheries ... from the Northeast

Posted Fri, Oct 2, 6 a.m.

By Daniel Jack Chasan

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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The classic ferries that got away

Posted Fri, Sep 11, 6 a.m.

By Scott St. Clair

The state should have found a way to save its 1927-vintage Steel Electric-class boats, ultimately sold to Mexico for scrap. Sinking one to create artificial reefs for divers, as B.C. has done, was one big missed opportunity.

We need to enlarge the 'American Alps'

Posted Thu, Aug 13, 6 a.m.

By Ken Wilcox

When the North Cascades National Park was created in 1968, key lands were left out for reasons that no longer apply. There's a new push to add to the wildlands.

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A model for the Duwamish in Quebec?

Posted Tue, Jul 28, 6 a.m.

By Catherine Brewster

You can go for a gorgeous ramble along the St. Charles River in Quebec City and get lost in thoughts of how Seattle might pull off something similar.

Climbing Rainier: Once is enough

Posted Tue, Jul 21, 6:03 a.m.

By Gardiner Davis

The author's toes still ache, 22 years later. And there was that Volkswagen-sized boulder speeding down the slope at 80 miles an hour.

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Save that old firehouse at Magnuson Park

Posted Fri, Jul 17, 6 a.m.

By Kathryn Rogers Merlino

An architect counts the ways, environmental, economic, and architectural, for avoiding the wrecking ball now aimed at Building 18.

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Big, cold-hearted river

Posted Fri, Jul 10, 6 a.m.

By Gardiner Davis

The normally benign Methow suddenly shows its killing power

Tracking down the right tool

Posted Thu, Jun 4, 6 a.m.

By Daniel Jack Chasan

A search for a well-made scythe leads to an appreciation of the great toolmakers who lived here 13,000 years ago.

Other media

Lenders seize Olympic headquarters ski resort; threaten to auction it during the Games Vancouver-based Intrawest owns Whistler-Blackcomb and several other U.S. and Canadian ski resorts. Intrawest and its parent, Fortress Investment Group of New York are deep in the red and lenders say they'll auction off the British Columbia resort on Feb. 19, in the midst of the Games, if money isn't forthcoming.

GLOBE AND MAIL

Ted Turner, protecting Yellowstone bison...for a price The always-controversial Turner says he'll save 88 bison in the National Park earmarked for slaughter if he can have up to 90% of their offspring.

ASSOCIATED PRESS

San Francisco resisting corporate sponsorships in city parks It's been a money-raising success in New York, where it seems like every tree and bench in Central Park has a sponsor's plaque. San Francisco's Board of Supervisors hates the idea.

SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE

Bohemian Club wins logging permit in redwood-rich forest The club is a San Francisco establishment pillar whose men-only summer encampments in its Sonoma County redwood are a controversial tradition. The club says it won't touch the old-growth redwoods; critics suggest otherwise.

SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE

The dollars-and-cents cost of mountain rescue How much did it cost to search for the three missing climbers on Mt. Hood? Less then you might imagine

THE OREGONIAN

Blog posts

Goodbye bank, hello park?

Posted Thu, Jan 14, 10:53 a.m.

by Bob Simmons

Shareholders' loss could be park advocates' gain in Bellingham, a city that bids to become the woodsiest on Puget Sound.

Four tips for handling marathon week

Posted Tue, Nov 24, 5 p.m. 2009

by Monte Enbysk

Crosscut By 2: Carbo-loading? Last-minute training? And what about Thanksgiving dinner? How to deal with the Seattle Marathon pre-race jitters.

Arguing, still, over Columbia River dams

Posted Mon, Nov 23, 6 a.m. 2009

by Daniel Jack Chasan

The parties are back in court this morning to revisit the federal government's unadopted plans to protect the river system's salmon, listed 15 years ago as endangered.