Dave

  • Steady Snow, Steady Homes

    September 29, 2013 Last Tuesday was known for an open blue sky, warm low-50’s, and visibility way down river.  It’s been snowing ever since.  At first snow was heavy and wet.  Then with a temperature drop the snow turned light,… Continue reading

  • Movement

    September 20, 2013 Hughes, Alaska sidles up to the Koyukuk River.  The granite river contrasts early snow white overlaying sloping aspen yellows and spruce green. After three days in Hughes, the last twenty-four hours has walked the landscape from late… Continue reading

  • Autumn on the Koyukuk

    September 14, 2013 Late fall.  Not often does mid-September come along—the autumnal equinox still a good week away, and the trees and shrubs are fully expressing their gold’s and red’s and giving some serious thought to dropping their leaves altogether,… Continue reading

  • A Glass of Green Pepper-Strawberry Gene Splice Juice

    August 25, 2013 Last spring a farmer in Oregon sprayed his field with Roundup, a glyphosate weedkiller.  The weeds died but tufts of wheat in the field did not.  After getting in with a weed scientist from Oregon State University… Continue reading