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Travel Far, Travel Near
When I heard the word travel when I was younger, it brought to mind far-off places. I imagined flying across an ocean and boarding a ...
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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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Acid Mountain Rescue Team
The day before Mother’s Day in 2016, I decided to go for a 16-mile overnight backpacking trip with my friends Chris and Alex (plus my ...
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Lessons from the Wild
Mile 34. My feet ache, burn, and swell with painful blisters. Each step has become a burden, and our pace has slowed to just over ...
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The Rope and the Line
Allison Roskelley reflects on her relationship with climber Jess Roskelley, who died in a climbing accident April 2019. Jess Fenton Roskelley, my husband and life ...
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Ammi Midstokke: 4 Non-food Solutions to Healthy Eating
Surprisingly, the general lack of awareness about how to cook baby bok choy is not why the American population is showing a blatant decline in ...
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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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