Food. It’s one of three elements that sustain life. And, like water and air, it’s often taken for granted. We shop and cook and dine without much thought to where…
Browsing: Conservation
From climate change to GMOs to the plastic pollution of our oceans, there are plenty of hefty “green” issues for us to consider and act upon. However, change and awareness…
Whenever I have a conversation about urban sprawl, construction and development at the expense of green spaces and even yards, I think of the Joni Mitchell song Big Yellow Taxi…
Coeur d’Alene Tribe Battles for Cutthroat Trout The people of the Coeur d’Alene tribe believe everything has a spirit. Every coyote, eagle, willow and rock is an individual with a…
All the water that will ever be is, right now. Water. H2O. It covers 75 percent of our planet and connects the ocean to land, plants, humans, animals and the…
Each week, we roll our garbage and recycling bins out to the curb for our local trash company to pick up, carry away and dispose of. The recycling bin predominantly…
Repopulating and coexisting with North America’s endangered majestic mammals. Thought of as a symbolic species of the wild, an estimated 50,000 grizzly bears freely roamed North America between the Pacific…
Everyone has a winter tradition that marks the beginning of the holiday season. For some it is playing your favorite being bing crosby carol or perhaps bringing home a christmas…
We are spoiled here in the Pacific Northwest. We have the convenience of thriving cities and towns with effortless public access to luscious mountains, streams, lakes and trails. Some of…
A hot cup of tea in his hands, he steps out the back door, leaving it open to let in the cool morning air. His little backyard orchard is in…