Haley Mast is a freelance writer, fact-checker, and small organic farmer in the Columbia River Gorge. She enjoys gardening, reporting on environmental topics, and spending her time outside ...

Dozens of balloon fragments, plastic arrow caps, water bottles and granola bar wrappers litter the Lower Arroyo archery trails I’m hiking with twin sisters Kelly and Christy Villasor on a warm April ...

If only the words to the kid’s song were true: Clean up, clean up, everybody everywhere. Clean up, clean up, everybody do their share. In our house it’s more like: Clean up, do it, what do I have to ...