CA Moves to Honor Young
Assemblyman Devon Mathis (R-Visalia) recently introduced ACR 142, which would designate a specific portion of State Highway 198 from Three Rivers to Sequoia National Park in Tulare County as the Colonel Charles Young Memorial Highway. Previously, the California state assembly designated as the Buffalo Soldiers...
Kai Lightner Has ‘Next’
BeWild with Kai Lightner The Mountaineers Tue., Feb 20, 7 p.m. 7700 Sand Point Way NE, Seattle 98115 Click Here for Tickets In this era of the perpetual run-up in sports, when the next trend or wunderkind can be spied, not just a mile but...
Outdoor Industry Drags on Inclusion
(NOTE: This Op-Ed originally appeared at Outside) by Glenn Nelson and Teresa Baker Congratulations, Outdoor Retailer. You’ve moved your biannual trade show from a state, Utah, whose leadership is openly hostile to the concept of inclusive public lands and pushed the Trump administration to shrink...
Austin to Head Pac West
Stan Austin, who has served as the director of the Southeast Region of the National Park Service since 2013, has been named regional director of the Pacific West Region by the agency’s acting director, P. Daniel Smith. In his new role, Austin will oversee operations...
Colors of the West
Though I’ve not yet met her, I’ve found Molly Hashimoto a delightful travel companion. I see her dreamy watercolors and vibrant block prints at a couple places I frequent in the Pacific Northwest—the Seward Park Audubon Center and the North Cascades Institute. Just more than...
J.R. Harris is Way Out There
One of the happiest days of J. Robert Harris’ full and interesting life was the day he turned 33. During his younger times, Harris had read about the prophesy for Alexander the Great having a choice between a long, boring life and a short but...