Although many think of the Pacific Northwest as a rainy with lush green forests, the region east of the Cascade mountains is characterized by...
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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) recently proposed reintroducing California Condors in the Pacific Northwest. Although sometimes thought of a bird of the...
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The most recent addition to my life list is the Northwestern Crow, but its name is boring and it probably isn’t even a proper...
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“It’s the least-visited national park in the United States*,” our gracious host said as we drove up Route 20 towards the Methow Valley, through...
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While on a top-secret mission, I found the following at the bottom of a box filled with Petersonania and cheaply-printed knockoff Fuertes prints. The...
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As a form of entertainment, it may lack the sophistication of America’s Got Talent, but watching a gull trying to swallow a starfish is...
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As someone who has a spent a week this August on a family vacation in Seattle I think that I am eminently qualified to...
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I love puffins. Before my trip to Washington the only species of puffin I had ever seen in the wild was the puffin of...
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