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A must-read: The Golden Spruce by John Vaillant
This book could be described as John Krakauer meets Sigurd Olson; true crime meets nature essay; bio-abundance meets human consumption. It’s a factual look at the illegal felling of a giant Golden Spruce in the Queen Charlotte Islands – but the facts are often stranger and more compelling than fiction. In the end, it’s a [...]
ODOT’s Oregon Bicycling Guide
Your tax dollars at work! ODOT has created a set of statewide biking maps that have a lot of good information, especially for planning long distance road bike trips. Roads are classified by traffic volume, steepness of grade and shoulder width. Three maps are available: statewide, the Columbia Gorge, and the coast. It’s worth tracking [...]
Oregon Cascades Birding Trail Guide
The Pacific Flyway, the west coast’s main thoroughfare for migrating birds, just happens to run up through the Cascade mountains, bringing a vast smorgasborg of species into view for birdwatchers. The Oregon Cascades Birding Trail map can help increase the odds of catching sight of interesting birds by providing details on birding hotspots scattered from [...]