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Chehalem Ridge Nature Park

Open to the public in December 2021, this is Oregon Metro’s largest nature park west of the Willamette River. The Chehalem Mountains are…

Dec 19, 2021

Chehalem Ridge Nature Park

Dec 19, 2021

Commercial beekeeping thrives on Skyline Ridge

This article appeared in the Spring 2021 issue of the Skyline Ridge Runner, a newsletter about life in Portland’s most rural neighborhood…

Apr 8, 2021

Commercial beekeeping thrives on Skyline Ridge

Apr 8, 2021

“I didn’t escape USSR to put up with the same crap here.”

Last night I protested in Portland against Trump’s sending unmarked — and unwanted — federal troops, abrogating the power of our own…

Jul 21, 2020

“I didn’t escape USSR to put up with the same crap here.”

Jul 21, 2020

6 Ways to Explore Ashland, Oregon

I wrote this story for Travel Oregon in April 2018. The original, with photos, is on TO’s site: here. Travel Oregon, aka the Oregon Tourism…

Jun 28, 2018

Jun 28, 2018

Killin Wetlands, Banks, Oregon

From rare soils, to Native Americans on the land, to dairying to today: details and a historic timeline behind a newly open Metro natural…

Apr 22, 2018

Killin Wetlands, Banks, Oregon

Apr 22, 2018

Grant Butte Wetlands Natural Area

In 2014, Metro, the Portland-area regional government, purchased 33 acres of bottomland at Grant Butte. The land had been farmed, and plans…

Apr 22, 2018

Grant Butte Wetlands Natural Area

Apr 22, 2018

Gorge Town and Trail Pairings, Oregon

Yes, the Eagle Creek fire in 2017 has closed a lot of the Oregon side of the Columbia Gorge. But not all of it! Spring is the best time to…

Apr 5, 2018

Gorge Town and Trail Pairings, Oregon

Apr 5, 2018

16 Ways to Help in the Columbia Gorge

In a 1-minute read per organization, learn what 16 Gorge nonprofits do, why they’re awesome and how you can get involved.

Sep 18, 2017

Sep 18, 2017

Volunteer at this off-limits Columbia Gorge refuge.

On the Washington shore of the Columbia River Gorge is one of the last natural bottomlands in the gorge. It’s a former cow pasture turned…

Sep 8, 2017

Volunteer at this off-limits Columbia Gorge refuge.

Sep 8, 2017

Explore Portland’s Hidden Downtown

Take this fascinating 3-mile, not-hilly walk I led in summer 2017 for the City of Portland’s Ten Toe Express walk series.

Aug 19, 2017

Explore Portland’s Hidden Downtown

Aug 19, 2017

Laura O. Foster

Laura O. Foster

I write about stairs, back streets and roads less traveled in and around Portland, Oregon. Find my books on Amazon and Portland-area booksellers.

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