Cape Kiwanda, Cape Lookout, and Cape Falcon
North Coast, Oregon
31 July–2 August 2024

Just half a mile from the highway is a wilderness whose existence most people will never suspect.

Tenasillahe Island
Lower Columbia River, Oregon
26–28 January 2024

Columbian white-tailed deer are a threatened subspecies found among the islands and sloughs of the lower Columbia River.

Tillamook Rock
North Coast, Oregon
10 September 2023

It’s time to remove the funerary urns and give the lighthouse back to the island’s original owners.

Sand Island
Lower Columbia River, Oregon
20–21 November 2021

A visit to the scene of a conservation catastrophe.

Lewis & Clark Nat’l Wildlife Refuge
Lower Columbia River, Oregon
12 July 2020

A flock of white pelicans helps me out of a jam.

Cascade Head & Cape Meares
North Coast, Oregon
10–11 July 2020

Seabird colonies and deep, dark caves are two of the most exhilerating environments to visit by kayak.

Lower Columbia River
Washington and Oregon
20–29 March 2014

Rachel and my first kayak-camping trip together, from Bonneville Dam down the Columbia River to Kalama.