Items by Pepper Trail — 10 items
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Look! Shooting stars!
A naturalist’s advice: pay attention
by Pepper Trail, Apr 23, 2013 -
Heading out of fall's impending darkness
As winter approaches, the author heads to the mountains in search of light.
by Pepper Trail, Oct 26, 2012 -
Pondering change in the Great Basin
Paleontology and geology at Summer Lake, an ancient lake bed in Oregon, have shown the Great Basin's history of dramatic change
by Pepper Trail, Sep 17, 2012 -
No longer the safest place
One ideal corner of the Northwest can’t escape environmental impacts from the rest of the world.
by Pepper Trail, Aug 08, 2012 -
Survival of the worthless
Let's hear it for the sagebrush solitude of the West -- especially those places most Americans consider "worthless."
by Pepper Trail, Sep 15, 2011 -
The way the West was can be seen again
Watching sandhill cranes gather on the Platte River in Nebraska is like stepping into a time machine that takes you back to an unspoiled, wild West.
by Pepper Trail, Apr 07, 2011 -
Birding, fast and slow
If Pepper Trail's Birdathon team had a theme song, it would be "Bat out of Hell."
by Pepper Trail, May 23, 2010 -
Bear witness to climate change
To imagine what your corner of the West will be like in a warmer climate, consider how different plants and animals are at a lower elevation.
by Pepper Trail, Feb 03, 2010 -
Cow-free at last
A ground-breaking agreement between ranchers and environmentalists means that Oregon’s beautiful Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument is virtually cow-free.
by Pepper Trail , Aug 20, 2009 -
An octopus wants to eat the West
Pepper Trail says a proposed energy corridor for the region will chew up huge amounts of public and private land: Comments are due by Feb. 14.
by Pepper Trail, Jan 21, 2008
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