Items by Rachel Jackson — 10 items
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Reading for — and about — a rainy day
Best Essays NW gathers a collection of Oregon Quarterly essays, most of them written by unknown writers who look at the Northwest from a unique perspective
by Rachel Jackson, Mar 01, 2004 -
A water tale to set you on fire
Drury Gunn Carr's new documentary follows the Shoshone Tribe's legal battle to change Wyoming water law and win its water rights.
by Rachel Jackson, Dec 03, 2001 -
Pollution pickle sours landowner
Cleaning up asbestos-laden soil around a warehouse owned by the Minot, N.D., Park District may cost the district a lot, with the previous owner long gone and the source of the asbestos, W.R. Grace, now bankrupt.
by Rachel Jackson, Nov 19, 2001 -
Utah's flower child
Utah native Paul Ames gathers and sells native wildflower seeds to encourage people in arid places to garden with indigenous plants.
by Rachel Jackson, Nov 05, 2001 -
The timber sale that won't die
The Eagle Creek timber sale in Mount Hood National Forest near Portland, Ore., is a mecca for protesters, but some say the sale is environmentally sound, and the protests are much ado about nothing.
by Rachel Jackson, Sep 24, 2001 -
State proposes mother-lode mine fee
New Mexico presents Phelps Dodge with a plan that could cost the company $759 billion to close out and clean up its Chino Mine near Silver City, the state's largest.
by Rachel Jackson, Sep 24, 2001 -
Texaco spill leaves residents fuming
Some citizens of Sunburst, Mont., feel that Texaco has not done enough to clean up an underground gasoline pool left from a toxic spill 46 years ago.
by Rachel Jackson, Sep 10, 2001 -
Organics, timber cut healthy deal
The town of Williams, Ore., wants to buy a nearby forest owned by Boise Cascade to protect local organic farms from herbicide chemicals used in spraying.
by Rachel Jackson, Sep 10, 2001 -
Disappearing cowboys get exposure
Photographer Adam Jahiel seeks to document the authentic cowboys of the Great Basin and their disappearing way of life.
by Rachel Jackson, Aug 13, 2001 -
Logging cut short for salmon
The National Marine Fisheries Service must re-examine how logging affects endangered salmon before 24 federal timber sales can proceed in the Pacific Northwest.
by Rachel Jackson, Jul 30, 2001
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