Brenner: Nature and the City

Brenner: Nature and the City

Look around, Seattleites! Kelly Brenner has a new book, Nature Obscura: A City’s Hidden Natural World, to help us savor the wildlife around us that we ignore as we solowheel around our city. Kelly’s guide to urban flora and fauna from Mountaineers Books is out...
Williams: Award Finalist

Williams: Award Finalist

Congratulations to David B. Williams, former NSWA president! David’s book, Waterway The Story of Seattle’s Locks and Ship Canal, written with Jennifer Ott and the staff of HistoryLink, is a finalist for the Washington Center for the Book nonfiction award for...
Miller: It’s Raining, It’s Pouring

Miller: It’s Raining, It’s Pouring

If you think Seattle is getting stormier, you’re right. Stephen R. Miller, writing in CityLab, reports on research results and climate model predictions that show that rains are heavier in our region than in decades past. Read Stephen’s article and be...

Ostrander: Our Activist Roots

Madeline Ostrander reviews 100 years of Seattle activism, from the Wobblies to the 1999 World Trade Organization protests to anti-offshore drilling kayaktivists. Madeline and coauthor Valerie Schloredt wrote a feature series for Seattle Met and gave the highlights on...