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October 7, 2021
Please don’t pet the wildlife
“I can’t believe that person is getting that close.”
“I can’t believe that person is getting that close.”
We’re happy to kick off this month’s Cheers & Jeers column with a bit of good news. CHEERS to the fact that the cooling rains have returned, bringing some much needed relief to the months-long drought in the Pacific Northwest — the worst in nearly 130 years according to the Washington Department of Natural Resources — and hopefully putting an end to the devastating 2021 wildfire season that saw more than 1 million acres in Oregon and Washington go up in flames by mid-August.
It is not an exaggeration to say that New Mexico’s Chaco Culture National Historical Park is under siege. A surge of oil and gas development threatens this ancestral site, recognized as one of the architectural marvels of the world and revered by Native Americans who consider it a living presence.
In early January 2020, about two months before the COVID-19 pandemic forced all of us into an alternative reality, dozens of Camas-Washougal folks packed a room inside the Port of Camas-Washougal’s headquarters to speak to their state representatives.
This summer, three of us were hiking in Alaska’s western Brooks Range when we encountered a pack of eight wolves. We were far from any help when they moved toward us, paused, and then disappeared behind a low ridge.
9/11 remembrance ceremonies a reminder to never forget
As we reflect this weekend on the 20th anniversary of the horrific 9/11 terror attacks and send a communal prayer of love and healing to the thousands of…
There is no serious doubt or debate: anthropogenic (human-effected) activities are driving more hurricanes than ever, more intense killer heat waves than ever in recorded meteorological history, more rising seas, more forest fires, more flooding and more salt water encroachment into formerly pristine, potable groundwater along coastlines.
Clark County: We have a hate-group problem
It is not surprising that COVID-19, which ravaged the world, was disastrous for our country’s economy. Millions died from COVID complications; offices, stores and factories closed; and people were forced to quarantine at home.