Taking an Antarctic adventure
At an age when most people are considering retirement, 62-year-old Livingston photographer Tom Murphy is preparing to launch what may be the most ambitious wilderness expedition of his life.
Alaska or bust
IDAHO FALLS — If you’re traveling north along the Alaska-Canada Highway, you come to a town called Dawson Creek, British Columbia. It’s one of the last real towns for hundreds of miles — known as “Mile 0 City” on the AlCan Highway. Beyond it, the road passes through rolling hills of wilderness as far as the eye can see.
A common winter beauty can be found in the house finch
With the onset of December, most folks assume it is time for cold temperatures, snow, ice and frequent Arctic fronts blasting out of the Gulf of Alaska and Canada.
Cold weather brings new look to area wildlife
Brrr! Seven sparrows stood on the edges of a frozen-over bird bath. They pecked the ice and looked about, apparently for the deliverer of fresh water. “Poor birds,” Darlene said, warm in her chair before the window.
It's a seal's life along Yaquina Head
LINCOLN CITY, Ore. — Darlene and I scurried across the parking lot through a slanted downpour and into the Pig ‘N’ Pancake near our friends’ beach house at Road’s End.
Head to Troy Resort for the perfect ‘rustic outdoor experience’
Every inch of the Troy Resort shouts “rustic outdoor experience.”
Perfect day to fish Upper Deschutes
The unseasonably radiant November sun warmed my face as I ambled along the riverbank, searching for a place to fish.
Fulfilling dream emotional for Tuell
For 33 years, Billings hunter Jim Tuell has been putting in for a bighorn sheep tag. So when he finally drew one this season, his goal was to take a trophy ram whose heavy, curled horns would score 200 inches or more.
Sandy surf provides perfect backdrop for beach frolic
Darlene and I grasp that storms happen during October and November on the Oregon Coast.
Turns out bears do poop in the woods
Nora the Schnauzer and I hiked along Cummings Creek on a stormy late-October day, during the deer hunting season, when we saw it.
Jumpin' spiders!!!
Normally, I tote the heavy long lens on Mill Creek outings with Nora the Schnauzer.
Pumpkins attract travelers on way to CNWR
A news release dated Thursday, Oct. 11, from the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service announced that the Columbia National Wildlife Refuge has new offices and a visitor center located on the refuge at 51 S. Morgan Lake Rd., 6 miles northwest of Othello.
Wildlife abounds not far from Walla Walla
A day after returning from wildlife watching in Harney County, Ore., mostly at the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, Nora the Schnauzer and I hiked near Andies Prairie.
A visit to Malheur National Wildlife Refuge goes to the Birds
BURNS-HINES, Ore. — Twenty-five miles south of Burns, the Narrows on Highway 205 separates Malheur and Harney lakes, with Mud Lake in the mix.
Birds, plants active in Walla Walla County in October
October is a great month in the natural world of plants and animals here in Walla Walla County.
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