Our Ship Canal has provided a century of connections | PNW Magazine
Seattle’s future as a major city began 100 years ago, with the grand opening of the Ballard Locks and the Lake Washington Ship Canal.
David B. Williams
David B. Williams is a freelance writer focused on the intersection of people and the natural world. He is the author of The Seattle Street-Smart Naturalist and Too High and Too Steep: Reshaping Seattle's Topography (to be published in September 2015 by University of Washington Press). He maintains the blog GeologyWriter.com.
We must reject Trump’s plan for oil and gas drilling in ANWR | My Take
The Artic National Wildlife Refuge is the quintessential example of a wild, untrammeled landscape, a place for wildlife, for science, for connection, for learning, for...
Paul Watson’s book details lost Northwest Passage expedition — a mystery solved 150 years later | Book review
Paul Watson, an award-winning journalist, tells a fascinating story of a voyage, a decades-long search and a final discovery.
‘The Tide’: first-rate examination of ‘the greatest force on earth’
In “The Tide,” British author Hugh Aldersey-Williams focuses on humanity’s developing knowledge of the science of tides, “nature’s greatest marine drama.”
‘Engineering Eden:’ the National Park Service’s battle over bears | Book review
Jordan Fisher Smith’s “Engineering Eden” is a vivid account of conflicts within the National Park Service over managing bears and other wild animals — conflicts...
‘Stories from the Leopold Shack:’ return to Sand County | Book review
In “Stories from the Leopold Shack: Sand County Revisited,” University of Washington professor Estella Leopold shares her memories of growing up in Wisconsin with her...
‘London Fog’: the life and times of the pernicious peasoupers | Book review
Christine Corton’s “London Fog: A Biography” tells the story of the thick yellow fogs that cloaked London in the 19th and 20th centuries — they...
‘Atmosphere of Hope’: a primer for climate-change solutions | Book review
Tim Flannery’s “Atmosphere of Hope” is a good primer to learn more about solutions to the climate crisis, but not informative enough to be fully...
‘DDT Wars’: the long battle to ban a bird-killing pesticide | Book review
Charles F. Wurster’s “DDT Wars” tells the story of the battle by scientists and activists to ban DDT, the “miracle insecticide” that devastated bird populations...