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Stahlman Point Storm Recovery
Stahlman Point Storm Recovery

By the time I reached my car an hour later I had an outline of a plan that would not only clear the trail but also help to elevate the skills and camaraderie of the area’s most experienced volunteer sawyers.

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An Almost Wasted Tag: A Spring Bear Hunt in the Cascades
Hunting, Spring 2026
An Almost Wasted Tag: A Spring Bear Hunt in the Cascades
Hunting, Spring 2026

I drove to a different area up higher in elevation near the snowline… I slept in my van that night, feeling a little guilty that I had likely wasted a tag someone else could have put to better use.

Hunting, Spring 2026
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Somewhere Between Holding On and Letting Go: A Journey Down Oregon’s Owyhee River Reveals the Quiet Power of Place, Partnership, and Acceptance
Somewhere Between Holding On and Letting Go: A Journey Down Oregon’s Owyhee River Reveals the Quiet Power of Place, Partnership, and Acceptance

There are places that ask something of you the moment you arrive, not through words or signage or even difficulty, but through presence alone. The Owyhee River is one of those places.

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A Lifetime Beneath the Branches
A Lifetime Beneath the Branches

Virginia loves plants, and she loves her wild garden of ivy, holly, roses, camellias, rhododendrons, dogwoods, maples, laurels, grapes, and on and on, and she believed then, as she does now, that the dawn redwood had as much right to her yard as she had.

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Coastbound: A Backcountry Sandboarding Guide to the Oregon Dunes
Adventure
Coastbound: A Backcountry Sandboarding Guide to the Oregon Dunes
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Located between the towns of Florence and Coos Bay, it is the largest expanse of coastal dunes in North America. Towering sand dunes stretch for miles here, making it a hidden paradise for an adrenaline-fueled sport you may not even know exists: sandboarding.

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