Dashing about in the greater metropolis of Portland this morning attending to some necessary errands, I found myself pulling into the parking area of a large cluster mall (a strip mall that has been designed to hide the fact that it’s a strip mall through the irregular positioning of buildings and parking areas) in one […]
John E. Riutta
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Posts by John E. Riutta, MA, MBA, FLS, MemRES:
Oh to Be Young (at Birding) Again!
One of my dearest friends called me this afternoon to report that the birds had been exceedingly good to her over the past two weeks. She had managed to see five life birds, three of them warblers (not an easy accomplishment in the relatively warbler-deprived Pacific Northwest). I was extremely happy to hear her good […]
The Great Smokier Mountains
For all who are concerned about the air quality around the national parks in the U.S., recent news concerning a revision to a provision in the Clean Air Act will not come as breath of fresh air. Under this revision, Class 1 areas, being federal lands that currently have the highest level of protection under […]
The Mystery of the Missing Vultures
As I have had daily business to transact in the city for the past few weeks, I have had the opportunity to observe the process of decomposition of the carcass a road-killed deer that appeared alongside the rural road I use to get from our home in the country to the heart of Portland and […]