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  • Nature fierce and not so pretty

    Nature fierce and not so pretty

    Spend enough time around a bird feeder, and you’ll realize that nature is less like a poetic cartoon and more like a gritty crime novel by someone like Elmore Leonard.

    by Dennis Hinkamp, Sep 21, 2011

  • Pombo takes on the Endangered Species Act

    On his 12th attempt, Rep. Richard Pombo, R-Calif., succeeds in pushing a bill through the U.S. House designed to reform the Endangered Species Act and end critical habitat protection

    by Brodie Farquhar, Oct 16, 2005

  • Salvage logging speeds up

    With the Forest Service’s Biscuit Fire salvage logging program acknowledged to be a failure, Oregon Reps. Greg Walden and Gordon Smith want to speed up future post-fire logging

    by Emma Brown, Oct 17, 2005

  • Are we ready to learn the lessons of fire and flood?

    Sen. Larry Craig’s suggestion that New Orleans’ 9th Ward be restored as a wetland may represent a newfound respect for the power of nature and the limits of the human ability to control it

    by Rocky Barker, Nov 14, 2005

  • The little wilderness that could

    The long and carefully planned campaign to protect the Ojito Wilderness in New Mexico holds useful lessons for wilderness activists across the West

    by Laura Paskus, Nov 28, 2005

  • In Washington, the most outrageous sins are legal

    Given the incestuous nature of politics and lobbying in Washington, D.C., and the corruption inherent in the gambling industry, the rise of an opportunist like Jack Abramoff was all but inevitable

    by Jon Margolis, Nov 28, 2005

  • Remembering Mike

    Former Sen. Mike Mansfield of Montana is remembered as a man of integrity, honesty and rare authenticity, who respected others and always listened patiently, even to his adversaries.

    by Pat Williams, Oct 22, 2001

  • While America waits for war, the environment suffers

    In these duct-tape, Code Orange days, only a small political elite seems to be keeping an eye on the environment.

    by Jon Margolis, Mar 03, 2003

  • Politics 101: The new politics has no room for a giant gentleman

    A reporter travels through Washington state's 5th congressional district to try to understand the November election defeat of Democratic Speaker of the House Tom Foley after 30 years in office.

    by Bruce Selcraig, May 29, 1995

  • Memo incontinence strikes again

    Washington Republican Sen. Slade Gorton is embarrassed by the disclosure of memos showing his close ties to industry in his attempts to weaken environmental laws.

    by Paul Larmer, Jul 24, 1995
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