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August 26, 2019 by Bill Donahue

After The Burn

The Columbia River Gorge heals from the Eagle Creek blaze.

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July 29, 2018July 29, 2018 by Bill Donahue

The Beautiful Willamette

A journey down Oregon’s own river.

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December 29, 2017November 14, 2019 by Bill Donahue

The Last Naturalist

In a world where our time and attention are fractured into smaller and smaller bits, legendary biologist and runner Bernd Heinrich is a throwback, a man who has carved a deep grove in his patch of Maine woods.

Outside
Edited by Elizabeth Hightower. Photo by Jesse Burke.

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December 29, 2017January 5, 2018 by Bill Donahue

Taking Aim On The New Cold War

A backcountry ski journey through the minus 30 degree chill of the Arctic, in the company of nine U.S. military men training to face down Vladimir Putin’s Russian warriors.

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Edited by Sam Berman. Photo by Heath Sandall.

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May 26, 2016October 10, 2017 by Bill Donahue

How The West Wasn’t Won

The economics behind militiaman Ammon Bundy’s occupation of the Malheur Wildlife Refuge in Oregon.

Bloomberg Businessweek
Edited by Brad Wieners. Photo by  O.B. Kerr.

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June 10, 2015October 10, 2017 by Bill Donahue

Poison Oysters

 In the spring of 2015, oystermen in Washington state were poised to start a nerotoxin on the beleaguered oyster beds of Willapa Bay. But then this story broke. Public pressure ensued, and the oystermen caved—and scratched all plans to spray.

Bloomberg Businessweek
Edited by Emily Biuso. Photographs by Cameron Karsten.

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June 10, 2015October 10, 2017 by Bill Donahue

Birds of Paradise

Communing with the endangered forest and seabirds amid the emerald rainforests and precipitous coastal cliffs on the Hawaiian island of Kauai.

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Edited by Bruce Anderson. Photograph by Kamil Bialous.

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September 20, 2013October 10, 2017 by Bill Donahue

The Elwha River Runs Free

The Elwha was dammed a hundred years ago. Then in 2011, the feds began tearing down the river’s two dams, to the delight of the Lower Elwha Klallam Indians, who have fished the river for centuries.

The Washington Post Magazine
Edited by David Rowell. Photos by Chris Wilson.

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June 20, 2013October 9, 2017 by Bill Donahue

Wheat Noir

When a few stalks of rogue, genetically modified wheat sprouted on an Oregon farm, the US Department of Agriculture would not disclose the whereabouts of the wheat. Monsanto, which engineered the seeds, was likewise keeping mum. So I began searching. Photo by Natalie Behring.

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