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08.21: Hiking Waterfalls in Oregon

2014-07-16 01:40:56| Powells Books Events Calendar

Oregon is famous for its incredible scenery, and Adam Sawyer's Hiking Waterfalls in Oregon (FalconGuide) will lead you to some of the most enjoyable locations. This beautiful, full-color guidebook features 64 of the best waterfall hikes in the Beaver State, with another 19 honorable mentions. From the coast range to the Cascades, along with the breathtaking Columbia River Gorge, you can explore those special places where water cascades over cliffs. Some waterfalls are remote while others are just a short hike from the trailhead; some are gentle trickles and others are roaring giants. Yet all of them offer a peaceful escape well worth seeking out.

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Hiking Through Peru Showed One Journalist The True Dangers Of Climate Change

2014-05-03 08:32:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Business Insider: Rising sea levels and more extreme temperatures aren't the only problems we can anticipate as the Earth warms. Climate change is causing local extinctions of plants and animals -- and in places like the Amazon basin, these plants are moving to higher or lower ground in response to changing environments. In 2013, Justin Catanoso, grantee of the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting, spent July 25 to Aug. 11 in Peru with Wake Forest University tropical biologist Miles Silman. He hiked through Manu...

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Woman's body found on San Pasqual hiking trail

2013-07-06 23:23:09| Biotech - Topix.net

The body of a 65-year-old La Jolla woman was found in the San Pasqual area Friday, about five miles east of the San Diego Zoo Safari Park, authorities said.

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