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Stories from the trail — conservation, craft, and the creatures worth slowing down for.

From the Field

Dispatches on wildlife, wild places, and the act of paying attention.

The Tree That Swallowed the Slope

Ailanthus altissima arrived in North America as an ornamental. Today it's dismantling forest understories from the Columbia River Gorge to the Cascade foothills — and it's almost impossible to stop.

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