Crosscut Festival Support for this article is provided by Crosscut Festival 2023. Crosscut Festival 2021 headlined by trailblazing women Rep. Pramila Jayapal, Judy Woodruff and Jane Goodall are a few of the influential people attending this year’s virtual event. by Caroline Gerdes / March 22, 2021
Environment WA effort on training hounds to haze cougars worries conservationists The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife Commission recently approved a new rule to train hound handlers to haze cougars. But conservationists are worried. by Courtney Flatt Northwest Public Broadcasting / March 11, 2021
Environment Sniffing out truffles in Washington’s woods The state hosts a bounty of truffles for enterprising gourmands — but finding them requires a dog’s superpowered nose. by Courtney Flatt Northwest Public Broadcasting / May 21, 2021
Inside Crosscut How we decided what stories to tell in our Black Arts Legacies project Project editors Jasmine Mahmoud and Kemi Adeyemi discuss their approach to the history of Black artists building culture 'against all odds.' by Caroline Gerdes / June 16, 2022
Crosscut Festival Support for this article is provided by Crosscut Festival 2023. Crosscut Festival puts environmental impacts and solutions on the agenda In honor of Earth Month, we’re celebrating our Environment & Outdoors sessions at this year’s Crosscut Festival. by Caroline Gerdes / April 6, 2022
Crosscut Festival Support for this article is provided by Crosscut Festival 2023. Bill McKibben on climate activism as a lifetime fight Activism over 60: Bill McKibben says teenagers shouldn’t be the only ones fighting climate change. by Caroline Gerdes / March 30, 2022
Crosscut Festival Support for this article is provided by Crosscut Festival 2023. Newspaper legend Carl Bernstein recounts bygone days in new memoir Chasing History highlights Carl Bernstein’s beginnings in a 1960s newsroom, going from copyboy to dictationist to city desk clerk. by Caroline Gerdes / March 23, 2022
Environment WA dairies must do more to clean up their act, judges rule Environmentalists call the decision a ‘watershed moment,’ as concerns about groundwater pollution mount in Yakima Valley and Whatcom County. by Courtney Flatt Northwest Public Broadcasting / July 13, 2021
Environment Heat wave evokes fears of another massive salmon die-off in PNW Unprecedented temperatures recall a 2015 heat wave that killed 99% of salmon returning to one stretch of the Snake River. by Courtney Flatt Northwest Public Broadcasting / July 7, 2021
Environment Climate crisis, shrinking habitat threaten ‘cute, funny’ WA birds U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service considers listing Mt. Rainier ptarmigan on the federal endangered species list. by Courtney Flatt Northwest Public Broadcasting / July 6, 2021