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October 2013
Natural Resources: Indian forests sustain economy and environment - There are 18 million acres of forests and woodlands on 305 separate Indian reservations in 24 states in the continental United States. Nationwide, tribal forests support an estimated 19,000 jobs from timber harvest alone and many more from related activities. But federal funding needed to manage these forests is in short supply, and Washington state has missed out on economic and environmental opportunities these forests could support.
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April 2013
Natural Resources: Northeast Oregon's Zumwalt Prairie: one of the last best places to see a native grassland (and its wildlife) - The fabled Zumwalt Prairie, one of the last somewhat-intact prairies, is the last piece of a unique ecosystem that once stretched as far as Montana and Canada. The 300,000 acre Zumwalt Prairie is so high in elevation (between 3,500 and 5,000 feet), so remote and so generally unusable, it's avoided the plow. Most of it is used for ranching.
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Salmon Without Rivers: A History Of The Pacific Salmon Crisis [Paperback]: fisheries biologist Jim Lichatowich offers an eye-opening look at the roots and evolution of the salmon crisis in the Pacific Northwest. He describes the multitude of factors over the past century and a half that have led to the salmon's decline, and examines in depth the abject failure of restoration efforts that have focused almost exclusively on hatcheries to return salmon stocks to healthy levels without addressing the underlying causes of the decline.
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