In the final episode of this series, we journey to the most diverse of all Northwest forests, those of the Klamath & Siskiyou Mountains along the Oregon-California border. We explore how climate and geology combine to generate this richness, as well as how human activity has put it at risk. Despite how complex these forests are, we have tools at our disposal for predicting their future and for protecting them, for the good of both wildlife and us.
On the far eastern edge of the Northwest, conifers encounter the region's most extreme conditions: biting cold and deep snow on the high peaks,...
In this episode, we continue or exploration of sites in Texas' Hill Country that illustrate how fossils can reveal the behavior of extinct species....
In the final episode of our exploration of the Missoula Floods, we travel to the Columbia River Gorge and the Willamette Valley, where the...