Category Archives: Nature

Self-Reliant Community members share accomplishments in Graham

  The Graham Self-Reliant Community hosted a kind of “show and tell” session at their July meeting last week, revealing their steady – and diverse – growth towards self-sufficiency.

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Department of Health to launch aerial background radiation survey; officials say Fukushima is not a concern

  The Washington state Department of Health announced today that it will begin an aerial survey to determine background radiation levels over Seattle and Tacoma. 

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A one-woman animal sanctuary – the Deer Haven Ranch story

  Over the past several years, there have been many proposed systems of caring for unwanted and abused animals, especially horses, in Pierce County.  A slew of controversial and problematic efforts were put forth by private rescue organizations, such as … Continue reading

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Mother Earth News Fair in Puyallup a big success

  The Mother Earth News Fair, held at the Puyallup Fair grounds on June 4-5, was a huge success according to most vendors and attendees.

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Bethel’s request for a zoning change triggers controversy in Graham

  A zoning request by the Bethel School District regarding its newly acquired acreage along 224th St, and submitted to the Graham Land Use Advisory Commission (LUAC) at its May meeting, has ignited a wave of protests from neighbors and … Continue reading

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Holiday weekend activites herald lots of summer fun

  Although the Memorial Day Weekend has its origins as a time to commemorate wartime casualties, it has also come to represent the beginning of summer.  We may not have gotten much summertime weather, but the festivals and special events, … Continue reading

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Feds, state and locals conduct disaster training in Frederickson

  A combination of federal, state and county officials, along with a mix of local fire fighters and volunteer search and rescue organizations, encamped at the Randles Sand and Gravel plant in Frederickson last Saturday for a round of disaster … Continue reading

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Report from a tornado zone

  The following is a fascinating account of the mega-tornados that hit Alabama and much of the south recently.  This report comes to the Mountain News via NASA’s public information service: http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2011/ Although tornados only appear infrequently in the Pacific Northwest, … Continue reading

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Celebrating Mother’s Day with a story – The Ghost of Frenchtown Creek

 Editor’s Note:  Of all the stories I have told, my mom says this is her favorite.  So, as a kind of tribute to her, Olveria Frances Smith, I’d like to share The Ghost of Frenchtown Creek with Mountain News readers. The … Continue reading

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Innovative solar hot water heater delivers inexpensive heat to the Pacific Northwest

A thrilled crowd in Yelm Thursday evening viewed an innovative solar hot water heater that delivers enough hot water to heat a home or a greenhouse- even in wintertime. Even more exciting, the heating device was not some pie-in-the-sky prototype … Continue reading

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