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Bloomin’ Blues | Blues abloom with mid-elevation wildflowers

The plants featured today are usually found at middle elevations in the Blues at widely scattered sites.

Recreation

Missing Mountains

Big mountains beckon us. We are entranced by their sheer scale, making even the largest man-made constructions seem…

Recreation

Bloomin’ Blues | Mid- to upper-elevation wildflowers feeling the heat

The plants featured this week are from middle and upper elevations across the Blues, as the places to…

Recreation

Caught Ovgard | Rainbow trout: the controversy continues

CHEROKEE, N.C. — Anglers stood shoulder-to-shoulder. Bobbers and indicators alike pockmarked the river between more active anglers trying…

Recreation

Watching a river reborn

For much of my life, the upper Umatilla River has served as a place of refuge. As a…

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Examining the ‘edge effect’

Not long ago I was hiking up a timbered slope in the Wallowas to a big field of…

Recreation

Caught Ovgard | Sculpin season is all year ’round

The Pacific Northwest is uniquely wonderful, in no small part because it actually has seasons. Now, fall has…

Recreation

Bloomin’ Blues | Large, showy wildflowers serve many uses

The first two of this week’s plants are about 4 to 6 feet in height and growing in…

Recreation

Caught Ovgard | Sharks provide best sport fishing experience

FT. LAUDERDALE, Fla. — It took a moment for what I’d just seen to sink in. I thought…

Recreation

Growing Up In The Forest

As we hiked through the young forest I was pondering the fiery fate of the old forest. I…

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