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Columbia Insight wins journalism award
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Columbia Insight wins journalism award

  • By Tracey Tomashpol, board member, Columbia Insight

HOOD RIVER — The Society of Professional Journalists announced on May 19 that Columbia Insight, an environmental news website based in Hood Ri…

Fire focus of program
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Fire focus of program

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Jurgen Hess, an award-winning photographer and photojournalist, will present a program on last year’s devastating Eagle Creek Fire, along with powerful imagery, at the Columbia Gorge Discovery Center and Museum on Friday, Sept. 14 at 7 p.m., following a 6 p.m. dinner.

Wild lawn
Gorge Life

Wild lawn

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Jurgen Hess leads a group from the Lawn Alternatives Class, hosted by EnviroGorge through Hood River Community Education.

A mountain on fire
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A mountain on fire

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Mt. Adams — On Tuesday, Aug. 25, photographer and Mount Adams supporter Jurgen Hess spent seven hours on the Cougar Creek Fire, which is burning on the flanks of the mountain. “The purpose of my trip was to photo-document the fire operations. “Much of the time I was right in the heart of the massive burn out operation at the northeast corner of the fire,” he wrote that day.

A Place for Cattle
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A Place for Cattle

  • RaeLynn Ricarte
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Careful grazing can improve the health of forest land, says longtime advocate