Tag: refuge

In Oregon, it rains. A lot. Especially in the Willamette Valley, the green, beating heart of the state. Accessible year-round trails for those that like to hike can be hard to find. At William L. Finley National Wildlife Refuge just south of Corvallis, the Woodpecker Loop Trail now offers opportunit...

I’m new to the Pacific Northwest. Where I grew up, seasons were barely detectable in the temperate Mediterranean climate, where intermittent rivers would only flow after a rare, substantial rainstorm. But here in Idaho, the seasons are distinct; there is ample water flowing in the rivers and a...

In the state of Georgia, in the Southeastern United States, the Suwannee and St. Marys rivers converge. The awe-inspiring product of this confluence is the 354,000-acre Okefenokee Swamp. Surrounding this massive wetland is the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, which was created in 1937 by Pr...

Joshua Ream’s studies and career has taken him all over the nation, from Pennsylvania and Tennessee to Alaska and now, Hawai‘i. After enjoying jobs with the Alaska Department of Fish and Game and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service as a cultural anthropologist, Ream now serves as proje...