The Skagit River was looking nice today.

#pnw #washingtonState #skagitRiver #rivers #landscapePhotography

My latest story is published with Smithsonian Magazine. It is a #history of the #SkagitRiver through the lens of logjams and dams and what they reveal about the changing nature of "progress." It touches on a variety of themes, including #envhist and #sovereignty for local Tribes.

I hope you'll read it.

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/on-this-disputed-river-progress-may-mean-a-return-to-the-past-180982223/

My latest story is published with Smithsonian Magazine. It is a #history of the #SkagitRiver in the #PNW through the lens of logjams and dams and what they reveal about the changing nature of "progress." It touches on a variety of themes, including #envhist and #sovereignty for local Tribes.

I hope you'll read it.

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/on-this-disputed-river-progress-may-mean-a-return-to-the-past-180982223/

Sometimes, you just have to get out and touch the sand at the river.

#SkagitRiver #SkagitValley #PNW

Sometimes, you just have to get out and touch the sand at the river.

#SkagitRiver #SkagitValley #PNW

We ambled up to Newhalem after hiking through Rockport State Park. We wandered around the Gorge Powerhouse and Ladder Creek Falls. Spectacular setting. Remnant evidence of the 2015 Goodell fire, scorched trunks, bleaching snags, and fallen logs. The Gorge Dam dewaters a section of the Skagit River, feeding its waters into the Gorge Powerhouse. Could salmon swim up again? #Newhalem #NorthCascades #salmon #dams #FERC #SkagitRiver #photography #SeattleCityLight #hydropower
https://www.hcn.org/articles/indigenous-affairs-dams-did-salmon-actually-use-the-skagit-river-before-the-seattle-dams-were-built