Category: forests
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High Uintas: A Premier Wilderness Area
Look out at the seemingly endless mountain peaks from Rocky Seas Pass in High Uintas Wilderness, and it’s easy to…
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Nonviolent Direct Action in the Fight for Legacy Forests
While working on my latest piece for Columbia Insight, I had the privilege of speaking with an activist involved in…
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When Money Equals Influence
We’re all familiar with the idea that very wealthy people buy themselves access to power with presidents and members of…
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What’s at Risk When You Log a Legacy Forest
Recently, I had the chance to visit one of the oldest remaining forests in Whatcom County, WA. The Bessie Sorts…
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Washington State Will Help Lead the Climate Fight in the Next Trump Era
Last month’s election may have been a disaster for environmental progress at the national level–but state-level results tell a different…
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West Coast climate activists battle the false ‘solution’ of forest biomass
In this piece for Waging Nonviolence, I describe the growing grassroots movement to save our forests from being turned into…
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Why is Washington DNR Logging So Many Old, “Legacy” Forests?
Protecting the Pacific Northwest’s last ancient forests has been a priority for the region’s environmental movement since at least the…
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Bringing Grizzlies Back to the North Cascades
At almost 10,000 square miles, Washington’s North Cascades ecosystem is one of the largest truly wild landscapes left in the…
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Species Profile: Periodical Cicadas
Every summer, in forests and woodlands across the North American continent, cicada nymphs dig their way up from the underground…
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The Extraordinary Olympic Peninsula
There is no place on Earth quite like Washington’s Olympic Peninsula. Winds coming in off the Pacific dump vast amounts…
Nick Engelfried 