Category Archives: Environment

Huge crowds highlight the 2nd Annual Mother Earth News Fair

  by Bruce A. Smith  13,000 festival-goers swarmed over the Puyallup Fair Grounds June 2 & 3 for the 2nd Annual Mother Earth News Fair, in testament to a growing interest in sustainable living.

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2nd Annual Mother Earth News Fair coming to area

  by Bruce A. Smith  In testament to the “green power” of the Pacific Northwest, the Mother Earth News is hosting their second annual fair at the Puyallup Fair Grounds, June 2-3, next Saturday and Sunday.

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NPS Ranger – with ties to Margaret Anderson – becomes agency whistleblower, writes book

  By Bruce A. Smith  Rob Danno, the former Chief Ranger at Bryce Canyon National Park who gave Margaret Anderson her first ranger job in the National Park Service, has written an account of his whistle blowing activities within the … Continue reading

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Mother Earth Farm in Orting prepares for spring planting with draft horse plowing

   Special to the Mountain News What is one of the first steps required to get 150,000 pounds of fresh, organic produce to local food banks?  Plowing the soil, of course!

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Smoke from debris burning fills the skies of Pierce County causing death and suffering to many

  by Bruce A. Smith  Although our area has been graced this month with several days of sunshine and cloudless skies, it has spelled doom and suffering for many residents of Pierce County as the air – particularly on weekends … Continue reading

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The Great Storm of 2012 – big, beautiful, and a huge kick in the butt

by Bruce A. Smith  While we watched the snow, sleet, freezing rain, and a mist that seemed to freeze once it landed on a twig or branch – we listened to the torture in the forests – the cracking and … Continue reading

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Snowshoer missing at Paradise; area closed to visitors due to ongoing search effort

Special to the Mountain News Yong Chun Kim, a 66 year-old Tacoma man, has gone missing this weekend while snowshoeing on Mount Rainier in the Paradise area, Lee Taylor, Chief of Interpretative Services at Mount Rainier National Park announced today.  … Continue reading

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Entrance fee waived this weekend at Mount Rainier National Park

by Bruce A. Smith  As part of a nationwide program of periodically waiving entrance fees at national parks, Mount Rainier National Park will be free to all this weekend, the three days of the Martin Luther King holiday weekend.

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Top Mountain News Stories of 2011

~ 1.  The Mountain News-WA launches on February 7, 2011 After months of planning and preparations, the Mountain News-WA flickered into life upon our computer screens with our first posting on February 7.  Eleven months later we’ve reached 100,000-plus hits and posted 230 … Continue reading

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Burn Ban now at Stage 2 as air quality worsens

` Despite gorgeous sunshine during the day and glistening moonlight at night, the lack of winds to blow our dirty air away is causing our ground-level atmosphere to reach higher, and more toxic, concentrations of dirt and pollution. 

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