BY MID-JULY 2002, the country was at a Preparedness Level 5, meaning that over 80% of the nation’s fire-fighting resources were committed. This was an extreme year for fires, with Oregon, Colorado and ...

Despite federal policies complicating Fullerton’s conservation success story.

The black-and-white images on the supermarket walls create a nostalgic environment for people seeking groceries in the heart of a food desert.

Mishaps and mayhem from around the region.

My vision was to build a healthy ecosystem for all who live in it. But I’m worried about the future. With all the severe cuts to federal agencies, lots of really good people have left the EPA. I am ...

By painting their final meal before execution, an artist humanized people sentenced to capital punishment.

American kestrels are found throughout the Americas, from Canada to Argentina’s southern tip. Come fall, kestrels from Canada and Alaska head south in search of food, returning north in the spring to ...

A former firefighter makes the case for community paramedicine in the age of climate change.

Nathaniel Perales is a Mexican American photographer based in Portland, Oregon, whose work explores the relationship between people and the land. He travels frequently in search of stories that ...

Dana Levin’s latest book is Now Do You Know Where You Are (Copper Canyon Press), a NYT Notable Book. She serves as Distinguished Writer in Residence at Maryville University in Saint Louis.

Brett Zimmerman is a former firefighter/EMT who now works at Portland Street Response, an alternative 911 response program, in Portland, Oregon. A former firefighter makes the case for community ...

How peaceful and quiet it was, sitting on my back deck waiting for hummingbirds, watching seeds fly, the ghost flowers and ghost cat in a faded temporal ribbon flicking in and out— The flowers unsown ...