"we entered ancient forest: grand fir, mountain hemlock,
silver fir. On the forest floor we found the familiar:
wild ginger, twayblade, oak fern, bedstraw."
Seattle poet Martha Silano's poem explores regrowth in a forest touched by fires.
Cascadia Daily, Dec. 13, 2018
WA governor's $1.1 billion orca recovery plan, 75 percent of BC people want to ban fish farms, OR looks to curtail death penalty, tolls move forward on Portland freeways, local holiday shopping beyond Amazon, Portland's Tin House magazine ceases publication, and fiction by Joe Galván.
Cascadia Daily, Dec. 12, 2018
Portland to spend some of tourism tax on homeless services, thousands of OR residents missing health coverage, WA to replace aging mental health facility, Site C dam could imperil national park, Dark Horse Entertainment producing comics & movies for 30 years and a prose poem by Chelene Knight.
Cascadia Daily, Dec. 10, 2018
Meet Rachel Rose, Cascadia Magazine's poetry editor, Chelene Knight wins Vancouver Book Award, if Portland rezoned, rents would decline, fracking halted after BC earthquakes, homeless in high school near Seattle, Miranda Schmidt on salmon homecoming, and poetry by Cedar Sigo.
Cascadia Daily, Dec. 7, 2018
Bookish events across Cascadia next week, Cascadia apple exports plummet in Trump's trade war, ICE raids taking a toll on Yakima families, the toxic legacy of BC coal mines, Seattle police accountability in question, the untold stories of Wild Wild Country, and an essay on poet WS Merwin by Michael Wiegers.
Cascadia Daily, Dec. 6, 2018
WA supreme court rules in favor of safe injection, Vancouver passes renter protections, blocking a BC gas pipeline, Trump threatens Oregon sage grouse, and poetry by Dujie Tahat.
Cascadia Daily, Dec. 5, 2018
Hike in Portland's Forest Park, BC announces ambitious climate plan, Portland mayor Ted Wheeler is fed up with his job, court challenge to Idaho Medicaid expansion, Seattle gets an NHL team, WA poet laureate Claudia Castro Luna's letter to asylum seekers & fiction by Richard Chiem.
Get Outside! Balch Creek Gulch
The Balch Creek Gulch trail is one of the most fascinating routes in Portland's 5,000-acre Forest Park. In this wilderness within the city limits, you'll encounter old-growth Douglas-fir, a wooded ravine, and a historic stone house built by the WPA.
Cascadia Daily, Dec. 3, 2018
Single-family zoning driving up rents in Seattle, will Oregon legalize psychedelic mushrooms?, half of BC's chinook salmon runs endangered, assaults on the rise in WA mental facility, Seattle Symphony plays in prison, and a new play, "Cop Out" looks at the police perspective on racial issues in Portland.
Cascadia Daily, Nov. 30, 2018
Major earthquake hits Anchorage as Cascadia prepares for bigger quakes, Vancouver empty homes tax nets $38 million, Canada failing climate goals thanks to BC pipeline, Portland miffed its not the most sinful city in US, Timbers head to MLS final, and an essay by Oregon writer Tara K. Shepersky.