Tag: Washington

Get Outside! Index Town Wall

Hike to the top of Washington's Index Town Wall, a moderately difficult trail that takes you to the summit of an imposing granite cliff, with views of the town of Index and peaks of the Wild Sky Wilderness as your reward.

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Get Outside! Ape Canyon

Ape Canyon Trail is one of the most popular trails in the Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument, offering views of a narrow canyon, the effects of a mile-wide mudflow created by the 1980 eruption, and spectacular views of the volcanic peak.

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When home is a parking spot

Scott Owens is one of more than 2,000 people living in their vehicles across Seattle. In vans and cars, this segment of the homeless population lives a fragile existence on the margins, finding it difficult to get access to bathrooms and showers--and always facing the possibility of eviction by police.

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Get Outside! Theler Wetlands

A hike for all ages, the Theler Wetlands area on Washington's Kitsap Peninsula offers easy walks along the shores of Hood Canal. Bring your binoculars, because you'll have opportunities to spot herons, eagles, osprey, swallows, deer, otters, and a plethora of other critters.

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Mighty Tieton to the rescue!

Seattle art book publisher Ed Marquand helped create a vibrant artisan incubator space called Mighty Tieton in a tiny Yakima Valley town, a place where creative businesses employ bookbinders, printers, and mosaic artists. It all began when a "goat head" thorn gave his bicycle a flat tire...

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The Uranium Files

Photographer Dan Hawkins and former Washington poet laureate Kathleen Flenniken witness the toxic legacy of nuclear sites in Washington: Hawkins' obsolete process involving uranium gives his images a reddish tint; two poems from Flenniken's collection Plume shed light on radioactivity lingering in the Columbia River.

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