Nature
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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Lake Wildlife: What’s that Bird?
Besides mallard ducks and Canada geese, here are other bird species you’re likely to see while paddling or boating around lakes in Eastern Washington and ...
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A Sea of Red in a World of Ice
Each spring a striking transformation takes place on mountain glaciers and snowfields across the Pacific Northwest. Large swaths of the bright, highly reflective snowpack that ...
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