The centerpiece of a proposed new national park reserve in British Columbia's South Okanagan Valley, Mount Kobau is a relatively easy hike to a summit that offers superlative views of peaks in BC and Washington.

The centerpiece of a proposed new national park reserve in British Columbia's South Okanagan Valley, Mount Kobau is a relatively easy hike to a summit that offers superlative views of peaks in BC and Washington.
Writer Paul Lask spent a week with an all-female crew taking tree core samples in the forests of northeast Oregon, a place of rich natural beauty. The rigorous work helps researchers determine the ways in which human activity is altering the ecology of the Blue Mountains.