Welcome to fire season in the mid-#Willamette Valley, #Oregon. #smoke #wildfires

And here I was thinking that I'm overdue for some kayaking on the #willamette.
https://www.koin.com/news/environment/advisory-issued-after-500k-gallons-of-non-disinfected-water-spews-into-willamette/

Western #snowpack is still looking strong across most states, and #California and the #GreatBasin continue to see record-setting #snowfall. A lot can happen before the next dry season, but, statewide, California's snowpack is at 180% of the end-of-season (April 1) average.

Meanwhile, the #Willamette and coast watersheds in #Oregon have also seen big improvement this month. The Upper Arkansas in #Colorado and the Rio Grande-Mimbres watersheds in #NewMexico continue to struggle.

#drought

over 1 year post prison release.
as i've been investigating dual power strategies and attending local #mutualaid events, i have also made an collection of songs i intend to perform live with a collective of queer artists in the #willamette valley.
getting deeper into hacker culture and permaculture gardening, while dooming to dark industrial #synth #punk.

i hope to release as much art for free as possible, and subsist off of donations for the capitalist corpseworld and gardening and wildcrafts for the post collapse bloom. support me through checking out what i've got in my linktree in bio if you hate yourself that much.

listen to my shitty new cyber punk album 'the death of origin' here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9JUHq6ryhQ&t=32s

Spring in the Willamette Valley is so amazing, not the least because it starts around mid-February

#pnw #oregon #portland #willamette #spring

“Now, the partnership hopes to enlist #beavers and landowners who host them to do similar work in some reaches of the #willamette Valley. Although unique to western #oregon the beaver partnership has plenty of regional and national projects with beavers on which to draw as it assembles suggestions for local landowners. Jordan’s 2015 scientific publication pointed to a successful project in the John Day Basin where reintroduced beavers helped increase the water table in Bridge Creek. A Baugh Creek, #idaho project pictured on the partnership web site, www.mwbeaverpartnership.org, created a wet fire break in the land. Successful beaver collaboration projects are becoming more common across the northern U.S., Jordan said.

Still, the long-held belief persists that the simplest solution is to kill them, Bangs said. Replacing that belief with other possibilities will take some time.
#naturebasedsolutions #watershed #wetlands
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Looking foraged to seeing familiar faces and pouring ALL of our initial wines in Texas this week. #wine #texas #willamette #pinotnoir

What better way to kick off the weekend than with this beauty. #wine #willamette #oregon

Unusual #cloud formation today.

#pnw #willamette

Magnificent cloud in #oregon #willamette valley #pacificnorthwest

#pnw #nature #sky

Legendary January day on the #Willamette river, from #OaksBottom.
#Photography #Portland #Oregon #Dogs

@Steven Just beautiful! HT to #Willamette #Riverkeepers https://willamette-riverkeeper.org/

#StairSunday I love the #staircase along the #Willamette River in #OregonCity. One of my favorite #river walks!

#Kayaks for rent on #Willamette river in #OregonCity #Oregon

Foggy night on the #Willamette River in #Portland tonight.

I could probably do a few more of these personally relevant topical links:

#climateaction #pnw #phytochemistry #herbalism #sustainability #wildlife #forestry #nativebees #wildflowers #cascades #willamette #gorge #pugetsound #mycology #hiking #camping #cooking

Big fan of free online databases, hardcover reference books, and taking online extension units at my own pace.

I'll mostly lurk, boost things I think are neat, ask questions, and maybe share some of my notes or pictures.

#Ossobuco in vino bianco — #veal shanks braised in #cognac dry & dry #vermouth; w/ diced onions minced garlic, & gremolata.
Served over “#risotto di grano” made wheat berries (bacche di grano), cooked in beef stock, and later adding pancetta, diced onion, garlic, a bit of tomato paste, honey, and just a small jigger of red wine vinegar. Finally, peas are folded into the mix.
The #wine is 2020 #PinotNoir from #willamette Valley estate of Elk Grove Vineyards.
Day 53/90 of autumn #CucinaItaliana