It’s About Time
From eclipses to hurricanes
The solar eclipse in August was a rare and spectacular event, predicted with the same accuracy as the timing of the equinox this month (1:02 … Continue reading
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It’s About Time
The month of the mosquito
August is a month of tension between the urge to backpack into the high Cascades and the density of mosquitoes near the best campsites around … Continue reading
It’s About Time
The rain has been good to our reservoirs
For the first time in several years our reservoirs are full. This is good news all around because it means that there has been a … Continue reading
It’s About Time
We're approaching the longest day of the year
The frenetic flowering rush of spring is tapering off as nature settles into the languorous days surrounding the summer solstice. The sun rises early, before … Continue reading
A School in Every Garden
The School Garden Project is making vegetables more fun
It looks like the school garden concept is getting some serious respect from the 4J school district. Just look at the spanking new Howard Elementary … Continue reading
The Joy of the Bloodless Hunt
The fun of getting outside and pursuing … birds, rocks, ’shrooms and little pieces
I once told my ex-fiancé that I was a vegetarian because I ate only what I could personally kill. He promptly bought me a shotgun … Continue reading
Rock On
Local geology lovers find community in rock hunting
Artesia Hubbard, a University of Oregon student from Colorado, has always been a steward of the land. “I was a river baby. I was always … Continue reading
Wet, Dirty, Sometimes Fruitless Mushroom Hunting
The joy in the pursuit of fungi
If you’ve never battled your way through wet Oregon undergrowth for hours and hours, hoping to collect two to four ounces of mushrooms to take … Continue reading
A Modern Treasure Hunt
Geocaching
I’m in a church parking lot just north of 13th Avenue in Eugene, staring at my phone, circling around the lot, looking at a little … Continue reading
A Pocket Guide to No-Kill Birding
History tells us that the first birders did it with gunfire
Birding — also known as “birdwatching” and, across the Pond, “twitching” — began as a lethal contact sport. When John James Audubon traveled the countryside … Continue reading