6 Articles
Maxville: The Town of Oregon’s African American Loggers
Nestled in the dense forests of Northeast Oregon stood Maxville, a former logging town that granted residence to African American loggers during the state’s exclusionary period, which saw Black people...
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Profiles
Matt Mendes of Spin the Handle: Chasing Reservation Chrome
Before Matt Mendes guided on the Deschutes River, he drove the Green Monster. It was 2002, and Mendes was 13 years old; the job was his first on the river....
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Food & Recipes
Rogue’s Brewmaster Joel Shields - What are you drinking?
“As we enter our third week of social isolation nostalgia for simple things like lunch out with coworkers or an afterwork drink at our neighborhood bar is setting in. Times...
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How To's
Sheds, Snow, and Steeps: A First-Timer's Notes on Shed Hunting
I grew up in the hardwood forests of the southeastern U.S. hunting whitetail deer with my grandfather. Much of what I consider valuable I learned from him, about life and...
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Unfailing Dads: Like Father, Like Son
Our fathers have endured many early mornings and painstaking days teaching us how to cast a fly rod, fell a tree, and to safely handle an over-and-under; and we couldn’t...
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Fishing for Hawks: Trapping Raptors with Adam Baz
Adam Baz is a bird biologist, photographer, and outdoorsman based in Portland, OR. His fieldwork studying bird populations takes him throughout the mountains of the west. The photo essay below...
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