Nature
Documenting the American White Pelican
The Spokane region is near a major flyway for many waterfowl species flying from their winter grounds to summer breeding areas. One of the best ...
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The Slow Clean Up of Midnite Mine
Just 45 miles down stream from Spokane sits Midnite Mine, a former uranium mine within the Spokane Tribe of Indians Reservation. Most of us are ...
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2020 Tundra Swan Festival Canceled
Editor’s Note: Like many other events in the Northwest, the 2020 Tundra Swan Festival held annually in Northeast Washington near Cusick has been canceled due ...
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Dancing with Sandhill Cranes
Editor’s Note: The 2020 Othello Sandhill Cran Festival has been canceled due to the Coronavirus outbreak, however individuals can still view the birds on their ...
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Learning How To Bird
It’s true; I could have lived out my days in birding ignorance. There is no universal obligation to know the names of birds. There are ...
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Winter Survival Strategies: Learning from Wildlife
Unlike some species of wildlife that must hibernate to survive, we can get outside, eat good food with friends, and stay active.
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Beyond Smokey Bear: Teaching Kids About Wildfires
Smoke billowed in patches from Hall Mountain on the east side of Sullivan Lake in the Colville National Forest when my family arrived for our ...
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The Princely Ponderosa
So often in my neighborhood or a trail close to town, I stop to look a majestic, thick-trunked ponderosa up and down. Sometimes it’s one ...
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Ana Maria Spagna: Gone Native
She fills her pockets and her pack and her shirt and loiters long, too long, until our companions move on up the trail. Miles from here ...
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