Gold was recently discovered just ten miles outside of Glacier National Park in Montana. This Backpacker.com blog post explains why that has conservation groups, the state’s U.S. senators and others concerned, and the hurdles the Canada-based mining group Max Resource Corp will have to overcome to mine in the area. For background on the issue, […]
The groundbreaking ceremony of the Centennial Trail in 1989 marked a new chapter for spokane recreation, and a new vision for most of the Spokane River. The freshly paved ribbon of asphalt, albeit incomplete, initiated a swell in jogging, Rollerblading and bike riding in the Spokane area. In the same year as the Tiananmen Square
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Locavores and foodies take note: Paul Roberts is coming to Spokane April 15-16th to talk about his newest book, The End of Food, for Eastern Washington University’s annual Get Lit! Festival. After growing up on Orcas Island, Roberts now lives in Leavenworth and has earned notable acclaim as a journalist covering economics and energy issues. In
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According to some experts David Thompson’s early 19th century exploration and mapping achievements surpass Lewis and Clark. He spent a lot of time in what would become Idaho and Washington. North Idaho College give’s you a chance to travel back in time tomorrow: NIC to offer presentation on David Thompson’s natural world Who: Wildlife education
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The Weekender Effect: Hyperdevelopment in Mountain Towns Robert W. Sandford, Rocky Mountain Books, 2008, 115 pages From the opening paragraphs to the closing sentence, The Weekender Effect focuses on the sense of place as a critical component of human communities. Through Sandford’s trained eye we see how maintaining the elements of “place” common to a
By Jon Snyder, Jon Jonckers, & Derrick Knowles Please take a moment while charging your GPS and IPhone to consider the hallowed tradition of the regional outdoor guidebook. It’s no secret that outdoor knowledge has exploded on the internet. Sites with user submitted data and comments are proliferating and enhancing what we know of the
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Dead Lucky: Life After Death on Mount Everest Lincoln Hall Tarcher/Penguin, 2008, 294 pages While not quite Lazarus, Lincoln Hall is a “resurrected” veteran mountain climber from Australia who was left for dead on Mount Everest by three Sherpa members of his expedition team on May 25, 2006. Hall—age 50 at the time of his
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A few months ago I stumbled across the biggest backcountry trash heap I’ve ever seen. While rock climbing in Northrup Canyon, near Banks Lake and Steamboat Rock, I found approximately 2 or 3 acres of rusted cans. I couldn’t believe it. My climbing partner and I hypothesized that they came from the workers on Grand
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PIONEER VOICES OF PRIEST LAKE Kris Runberg Smith, Editor Kehoe Press, 2007, 208 pages DRAWING ON CHILDHOOD memories of the Priest Lake region, Ms. Runberg Smith weaves oral histories from a dozen or so Priest Lake pioneers into a refreshing view of the region’s history. Unlike some of the prior histories of the region, which
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Deep Economy Bill McKibben Henry Holt, 2007, 272 pages In December Sorbonne students protested the disconnect between economic theory and reality. Their disillusion is palpable every time the Fed howls its quarterly screed: cast the interest rate net, cage the inflation beast, and the economy will grow. What of the export of manufacturing jobs, underemployment,
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