Should we commercialize our state parks? Kim Malcolm speaks with Seattle Times reporter Lynn Thompson about the trend of state parks seeking investment and partnerships with private companies.... Kim Malcolm Matt Martin
This Week We're Hiking Past The Ads To Get To The News Advertising is coming to an outdoors near you, can commercialism save our state parks? Also, should Seattle give heroin users a safe place to inject?... Bill Radke Andy Hurst
JBLM Pulls Back On Controversial Helicopter Training Proposal In Washington's Wilderness Joint Base Lewis-McChord is no longer considering a controversial proposal to land helicopters at seven wilderness sites around the state. Officials at... Patricia Murphy
Should We Bring Grizzly Bears Back To North Cascades? If you feel like you're just waking up from a long winter, you're not alone. Bears feel the same way. And they're out and about in the North Cascades. David Hyde Bill Radke
Enchantments Camping Has Become Even More Coveted Getting a permit to stay in one of Washington's most coveted backpacking areas will require more luck this year. Paige Browning
Typo Might Save Washington’s Statewide Rail-To-Trail Route Because of a wording error, the John Wayne Pioneer Trail remains the country’s longest rail-to-trail corridor – running 230 miles from King County to... Paige Browning
Skip Black Friday, Go Outside Says REI David Hyde talks to Kevin Paul Scott, co-founder of the branding agency ADDO Worldwide, about REI's announcement to close its stores on Black Friday. David Hyde Allie Ferguson
The Case For Loving Northwest Rain David Hyde talks to Knute Berger, writer and historian for Crosscut, about how and why rain is such an important part of a Northwesterner's identity. David Hyde Amina Al-Sadi
Call It Howard Lake: Park Service Reverses Stand On Racist Name A lake in the North Cascades should be renamed Howard Lake after a black prospector, the National Park Service said Thursday afternoon in a reversal of... Gil Aegerter David Hyde Matt Martin
Public Lands Money We Thought Couldn’t Go Away Just Did The federal Land and Water Conservation Fund paid for state, federal and local parks without any taxes, relying on royalty money from federal oil and... David Hyde
