In a special report for The Seattle Times, reporter Lynda V. Mapes tells the story of the resurgence of the Elwha River ecosystem, which is benefiting hugely from the largest dam removal project in human history, completed two years ago.
LaunchNevada rancher Cliven Bundy arrested by FBI in Portland; last four militant holdouts at Malheur to surrender tomorrow
The idiotic, dangerous right wing insurrection against the people and government of the United States in rural Oregon appears to be almost over. The Oregonian
LaunchPresident Barack Obama briefed on Washington wildfires, White House says
President Barack Obama’s staff have briefed him on the dangerous wildfires burning throughout the western United States, including in Washington, the White House says. From
LaunchCalifornia drought tests history of endless growth
Mother Nature didn’t intend for forty million people to live here… This is literally a culture that since the 1880s has progressively invented, invented and
LaunchTides wipe out two homes on Washaway Beach
Tides have wiped out two more homes on Washaway Beach, according to a report by KING5’s Drew Mikkelsen. A blogger who has been chronicling the
LaunchFor-profit tech companies are displacing nonprofits in San Francisco
For-profit tech companies are displacing nonprofits in San Francisco “Soaring rents drove 2,000 of San Francisco’s 8,000 nonprofits out of town or out of existence
LaunchAnn Neumann: A pipeline threatens our family land
Fracking, I once thought, was something that happened to other people, not mine. Hydraulic fracturing may be confined to the shale regions of the country,
LaunchOso neighborhood never should have been built
Oso neighborhood never should have been built The Seattle Times has an in-depth article today about the neighborhood that was destroyed in the Oso mudslide
LaunchRisk of massive slide ‘unforeseen’? Warnings go back decades
Risk of massive slide ‘unforeseen’? Warnings go back decades The Seattle Times connects with geologists who have long been concerned with the a catastrophic failure
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