Category Archives: Nature

Mountain Highway Closed at LaGrande

 The following is a message from Pierce County Alert:  SR 7 Closed, Both Directions – State Route 7, known locally as Mountain Highway, is closed in both directions in the LaGrande area due to a slide.  Southbound traffic is being … Continue reading

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Mount Rainier National Park offers free admission this Saturday

Special to the Mountain News – The National Park Service has released the following announcement:  Ashford, WA:  Get a head start on your summer fun with free admission to Mount Rainier National Park this Saturday, June 9.  In celebration of … Continue reading

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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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Beavers and Mother Nature force closure of Orting-Kapowsin Highway

by Bruce A. Smith  A section of the Orting-Kapowsin Highway was closed Friday due to the actions of beavers, according to a press release from the Road Operations Division of the Pierce County Department of Public Works and Utilities.

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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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Spring has sprung – time to make some dandelion wine!

  This post comes to the Mountain News courtesy of the Big Bottom Self-Reliant Community, an organization started by our old friends Anuttama and Billy Budd.  Last year, the Budds moved to the Glenoma area, east of Morton, in the … Continue reading

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Climbing rangers at Mount Rainier receive awards for valor during 2002 rescues

 Special to the Mountain News The national spotlight that was placed upon Mount Rainier National Park over the past few months – first in the tragic shooting death of NPS Ranger Margaret Anderson, and then days later in the dramatic … Continue reading

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Columnist Paula Morris: In Honor of the Four Lost on The Mountain

by Paula Morris  It’s been nearly three weeks now since four climbers ventured up Mt. Rainier and were lost. My hope and that of their families and friends is that by some miracle they found a way to survive and … Continue reading

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Mount Rainier – further analysis of the tragedy and rescue – three saved, four still missing

by Bruce A. Smith  Three weeks after Mount Rainier’s epic snow storm of January 14-22, personal testimonies from the survivors – principally Josephine Johnson and Jim Dickman, two snow shoers serendipitously rescued as part of the search for a third … Continue reading

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Anatomy of the search for the four overdue hikers at Mount Rainier

  by Bruce A. Smith  As the search for four overdue hikers at Mount Rainier winds down after nearly two weeks of combing the slopes above Paradise, park spokesperson Kevin Bacher gave the Mountain News a comprehensive analysis of the … Continue reading

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