http://www.hcn.org These are the search results for the query, showing results 1 to 15. http://www.hcn.org/wotr/look-shooting-stars A naturalist’s advice: pay attention No publisher Pepper Trail 2013-04-26T16:19:06Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/wotr/heading-out-of-falls-impending-darkness As winter approaches, the author heads to the mountains in search of light. No publisher Pepper Trail fall equinox wilderness escape fall color Cascade Mountains 2012-10-22T22:31:46Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/wotr/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 No publisher Pepper Trail Altithermal Summer Lake climate change Pleistocene Great Basin Lake Chewaucan Hot Times 2012-10-16T23:29:08Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/wotr/no-longer-the-safest-place One ideal corner of the Northwest can’t escape environmental impacts from the rest of the world. No publisher Pepper Trail Global environmental impacts Japanese tsunami Ecotopia Ashland, Oregon air pollution 2012-08-07T17:50:42Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/wotr/survival-of-the-worthless Let's hear it for the sagebrush solitude of the West -- especially those places most Americans consider "worthless." No publisher Pepper Trail 2011-09-14T18:19:22Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/wotr/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. No publisher Pepper Trail wildlife wilderness nature writing sandhill cranes birdwatchers Rowe Sanctuary Yellowstone 2011-04-19T17:11:47Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/42.9/birding-fast-and-slow If Pepper Trail's Birdathon team had a theme song, it would be "Bat out of Hell." No publisher Pepper Trail birdwatchers Rogue Valley Audubon Society Pepper Trail birds Jackson County Birdathon 2010-05-20T19:57:29Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/wotr/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. No publisher Pepper Trail Western water supply elevation Climate change Hot Times global warming weather local wildlife snowpack 2011-10-10T18:47:10Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/wotr/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. No publisher Pepper Trail 2010-02-05T09:19:30Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/wotr/17477 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. No publisher Pepper Trail Pepper Trail energy energy corridors public land 2010-02-05T09:43:05Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/wotr/17413 Pepper Trail warns us that we continue to tinker with nature at our peril. No publisher Pepper Trail Pepper Trail global warming fossil fuels climate change forest fires energy 2010-02-05T09:45:27Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/wotr/17297 Pepper Trail says the BLM’s preferred alternative for an Oregon forest will only increase the risk of wildfire. No publisher Pepper Trail Pepper Trail BLM Oregon forests wildfire logging 2010-02-05T09:47:32Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/wotr/17097 Pepper Trail says shooting barred owls is not going to help the northern spotted owl. No publisher Pepper Trail Northern spotted owl barred owls endangered species old-growth forests U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service wildlife recovery 2010-02-05T09:43:43Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/wotr/16963 Now that logging no longer provides enough money to support Oregon’s libraries, Pepper Trail says it’s up to citizens to decide to keep their state’s bookshelves filled and accessible. No publisher Pepper Trail public lands education Self-Determination tax base quality of life public libraries Logging communities Oregon socio-economics Communities Socio-economics books Forest Service taxes rural communities Bureau of Land Management logging communities Secure Rural Schools and Community budgets 2010-02-05T09:43:08Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/337/16765 If we truly want to "salvage" our forests – and the rest of our environment – we need to think beyond salvage logging, and acknowledge that the value of dead trees cannot be measured in board-feet alone No publisher Pepper Trail Government Accounting Office thinning Logging log wildlife habitat microhabitats tree-cutting insect infestation fires growth forest Biscuit Fire forest health damaged trees forest snags old burned Salvage logging hazard-tree removal timber 2010-09-02T22:41:45Z News Article