This refuge, located just west of Ridgefield, Washington, is home to a wide variety of plants and animals.

The Willamette Valley of Oregon, where I live, got walloped by a big ice storm this Valentine’s Day weekend, 2021.

A funky little mining town along state highway 60, easy to ignore as you drive into the beautiful Superstition Mountains and Tonto National Forest. But it’s worth a stop, particularly for the Boyce Thompson Arboretum…