Something is fascinating about discovering wildflowers blooming above the tree line while the air already carries a hint of autumn chill. Many travelers believe wildflower season ends in summer, but ...

CORVALLIS – Some high mountain meadows in the Pacific Northwest are declining rapidly due to climate change, a study suggests, as reduced snowpacks, longer growing seasons and other factors allow ...

It was late afternoon when I finally made camp. Fortunately, daylight lingers well past 9 o’clock in the Pacific time zone in late June, leaving ample time to get eyes on the high mountain meadow that ...

New research coming out of Oregon State University points to climate change as a threat to the region's high mountain meadows. Oregon Public Broadcasting's Amelia Templeton reports that the recently ...

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