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Vista Balloon Adventure, Inc. owners love being up in the air
Vista Balloon Adventures, Inc. passengers experiencing an early morning look at the Willamette River; photo courtesy of Vista Balloon Adventures, Inc.. NEWBERG, Ore. – Every good-weather Monday,...
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Park Ranger at home in Champoeg State Heritage Area
The 1862 threshing barn lies just pst the heirloom kitchen garden just outside the Champoeg Visitor Center; photo courtesy Friends of Champoeg In his private life, Champoeg Ranger Mike Niss loves to...
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Romancing the Douglas fir
A newly planted Douglas fir rises in a clear-cut wild life feeding area next to a stand of mature Douglas fir trees; photo by Jan Jackson RAINIER, Ore. – Think of western Oregon and images of tall...
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Heirloom Rose Garden is one of a kind
Star of the Nile; photo courtesy Louise Clements ST. PAUL, Ore. –John and Louise Clements didn’t know when they married in 1970, that they would be turning John’s hobby of growing miniature roses into...
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Oregon shepherds turn sheep wool into energy efficient insulation
Oregon Shepherd's natural wool insulation is non-toxic, fire and vermin resistant and naturally "green"; photo by Jan Jackson RAINIER, Ore. – For proof that entrepreneurial spirit is still alive in the...
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In praise of Willamette Falls Canal and Locks
Leaves gather in the historic Willamette Falls Canal and Locks while plans are made to restore the only water passage between the lower and upper Willamette River; photo by Jan Jackson WEST LINN, Ore....
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Four generations of Otto’s Sausage Kitchen…
Otto’s does a brisk business at it’s in-store deli and sidewalk barbecue seven days a week, where the chefs cook freshly made sausages from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. for customers to enjoy at picnic tables set...
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An Oregon Christmas circa 1942…
Grandparents house a year after Grandpa Kellar built it ; photo courtesy of Kellar family, Holiday get-togethers were the cornerstone of maintaining family ties when I was growing up. We gathered for...
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Vanport flood survivor ends up volunteering for life
At 4:05 pm on May 30, 1948, a 200-foot (61m) section of dike collapsed that was protecting the 18,500 residents of Vanport City Oregon from the Columbia River. At the time, the city (built in1943 to...
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Native Oregonian’s Champoeg roots run deep…
View of the Willamette River from Champoeg State Park just south of Wilsonville Oregon; photo by Patrick McGinty. SALEM, Ore. – Champoeg State Park holds special memories for the thousands of people...
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Taking Toastmasters to the Streets
Toastmasters taking their message to the streets are from left Marilyn Mack, Walter Stracke, David Alexander, Bonnie Maidak, Jill Vanderweit, Mike Rilee, Lidia Carrera, Janice Stachan and Christal...
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Oregon – a birdwatcher’s paradise
Matthew Betts, Ph.D., OSU Forest Wildlife Ecology professor recording bird song in a newly forested area; photo by Jan Jackson Resident and visiting birdwatchers wanting to add to their life list of...
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Habitat heroes on the Clatskanie River
Roslyn Gray, P.E. NOrth Coast Basin Engineer, directing woody debris placement in the Clatskanie, River; photo by Jan Jackson RAINIER, Ore. – Since the Oregon Forest Protection Act of 1971, when stream...
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Nature sings along the Kiwa Loop Trail…
Impossible robust bright scarlet… probably a cardinal meadowhawk or by scientific name Sympetrum illotum perched on a blade of grass next to a pond… either waiting for a mate or possibly lunch; photo...
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West to East on Oregon’s Columbia River – up river, up hill, all the way…
Marvin Kellar stands at Aldrich Point – the farthest north on land in Oregon; photo by Larry D. Rea What Lewis and Clark and the Corps of Discovery didn’t know, was that by following the meandering of...
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Everybody’s tree school…
Telling Oregon’s forest story; illustrated by Gary Bloomflield. Hearing about students getting to go into the woods to learn about the forest, makes me want to be young again. Since created by the...
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Coyotes big problem for Oregon sheep…
As printed in the Capital Press RAINIER, Ore. — Scotty Davidson started raising sheep in 4-H because they were the only animals he wasn’t allergic to. He has continued to raise them because he likes...
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Oregon’s true forest keepers
St. Helens, Ore. – It takes hard work to keep Oregon green and small woodland owner Bruce Cave works at it almost every day. When the the millwright for Boise Cascade retired, he invested in a...
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We’re no longer your great grandmother’s sheep…
Picture the farmhouse, the barn, and a few sheep in the field. Inside, great grandmother is spinning the last of the wool from this year’s flock. She has washed it, dried it and combed the fibers so...
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Tugboats still working on the river…
It takes a lot of people to help the Columbia River do its work. Micheal Brusco is one of those people. An independent tugboat owner/operator of Mebco Marine Tugboat Service, he builds, installs and...
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Sail north to Alaska…
North to Alaska photos by Morris Pike …A little bit of heaven is coming on September 17, 2016, to those who dream of going to Alaska. I will be leading the group (which only means taking care of all...
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Houses grow on trees….
A newly planted Douglas fir rises in a clear-cut wild life feeding area next to a stand of mature Douglas fir trees; photo by Jan Jackson Money doesn’t grow on trees but houses do. If you take a few...
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