Stranded in grizzly country
It pays to be prepared, even when you’re just out for a casual drive We’d walked well over a mile down the lonely Forest Service road, well out of the way from the Island Park bustle. The sun was retreating and the mosquitoes had discovered us. And we had...Trout Unlimited Activates Tree Army in Michigan
By Jamie Vaughan With a planting bag slung over their shoulders, gloves, and a specialized tree planting tool called a hoedad in hand, the Rogue River Tree Army descended toward the river. In just three weeks, 16,000 newly...The Phoenix in the Elwha River
Editors note: This piece originally appeared in the opinion section of the Spokesman-Review. It is often difficult, if not impossible, to restore wild places to their former ecological and aesthetic glory once human development has altered them. But in some cases, the...
Summer steelhead in the Elwha rise from the ashes
Should we invest in dam removal? It’s a question that many communities, businesses and policy-makers are facing these days — partly because of aging infrastructure and financial liabilities, and partly because of legal obligations to protect water quality and recover declining salmon and steelhead populations.