The hike to the summit of Oregon's Lookout Mountain is an easy summer hike through meadows full of wildflowers. Views from the top span the surrounding Badger Valley Wilderness and you'll have a prime view of the glaciated face of Mount Hood.
Cascadia Daily, June 21, 2018
Looking for solutions to Cascadia's overdose crisis, WA & OR to sue feds over family separations, how to fix Indigenous child welfare?, improving conditions for Seattle's domestic workers, pikas are in peril across Cascadia, an interview with OR poet laureate Kim Stafford, & a poem by EJ Koh.
Cascadia Daily, June 20, 2018
First Nations get veto power over BC fish farms, protesters close down Portland ICE facility, what next for Seattle homeless policy after head tax repeal?, Seattle's queer heroes, a Buddhist monastery in White Salmon, WA, and "In This America," poetry by Spokane's Kathryn Smith.
Cascadia Daily, June 19, 2018
How activists created Vancouver's first safe injection site, data show Vancouver police are racially profiling, Salem Oregon's water still contaminated, delays ahead for BC pipeline, how a Seattle scientist got political, bumblebees in decline in Cascadia, & a review of Chelene Knight's memoir.
Cascadia Daily, June 18, 2018
Seattle debates creating a safe-injection site, Will Vancouver follow Seattle & elect progressive council? Oregon drought hitting ranchers hard, alternative to youth jails, an interview with Seattle author Kim Fu, and a poem about school shootings by Seattle civic poet Anstacia-Renee.
Cascadia Daily: June 15, 2018
Will Seattle join Vancouver in offering safe consumption sites for drug users? Horrific story of mothers separated from children at Sea-Tac prison, OR nonprofit brings together rangers & environmentalists, Seattle's Kelton Sears creates art with GIFs, and poetry by Vancouver poet Chelene Knight.
Looking to safe consumption to save lives
Facing a crisis of drug overdose fatalities, Seattle is considering opening a safe consumption site. In Cascadia, Vancouver led the way 15 years ago and now allows safe injection sites across the city. Though controversial, the sites have a proven track record of reducing overdose deaths.
Fighting For Space: Vancouver’s first safe injection site
A group of activists in Vancouver BC worked in secret in 2003 to set up the city's first safe injection site. Journalist Travis Lupick tells the story of how this safe space for drug users to inject heroin under medical supervision came into being.
Cascadia Daily, June 13, 2018
Portland to vote on big investment in affordable housing, Cascadia high speed rail advocates pitch BC, Ocean Shores confronts tsunami threat, Yurok tribe fights for salmon recovery in Klamath River, pedestrian death rates in WA spiking, dance festivals in Cascadia, and Marissa Korbel on toxic masculinity.
Cascadia Daily, June 11, 2018
Seattle to repeal tax for homeless housing & services, US Supreme Court rules in favor of salmon, Seattle's safe injection site downgraded to van, abortion an issue in Oregon this fall?, BC proportional representation supporters rally, a new documentary on Ursula K. Le Guin, & poetry by John Sibley Williams.