The Prairie Keepers
In the remote northeast corner of Oregon lies the ruggedly beautiful Zumwalt Prairie, one of the last native prairies in the United States. A wild...
Water in the West
Water in the West offers a lively primer on the region's most precious and scarce resource. It collects the best reporting on the subject, drawn...
Water in the 21st-Century West
Water in the 21st-Century West offers a timely look at the central issue facing the American West — the region's diminishing water supply. It collects...
Bridging a Great Divide
In 1986, President Ronald Reagan signed the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area Act, setting into motion one of the great land-use experiments of modern...
Meander Scars
“Metzger’s keen insights spring from a lifetime of direct observation while growing up along the river and recording its most subtle changes and the impact...
Diary of a Citizen Scientist
Winner of the 2016 John Burroughs Medal Award for Natural History Writing In the exploding world of citizen science, hundreds of thousands of volunteers are...
For the Love of Rivers
Rivers and streams supply our water and capture our imaginations. We seek the more pristine ones to fish or paddle, to hike along or simply...
Environment and Society in the Japanese Islands
Over the long course of Japan's history, its rich natural environment simultaneously supported its human inhabitants and created significant hazards and challenges. The Japanese have...