Adam Sawyer

In this episode of the KEEN HybridLife Radio show, Heather and I share  stories of close calls in the snowy wilderness and talk with Sgt. Sean Collinson of the Clackamas Search and Rescue about a few safety tips that can make the difference between life and death. Listen here.

How do you make a waterfall even more beautiful? Freeze it! My latest Portland Family Outdoors column is all about winter waterfall hunting. Read the column here.

In the war against the Pacific Northwest winter, potato-leek soup is an excellent weapon of choice. Read my latest What’s the Soup review here.

Wildfires play a natural role in the forest. Angel’s Rest affords the opportunity to get an up-close look at what those fires do and the regrowth process. Read about it here.

Heather and I were supposed to interview a waste management specialist about reducing waste during the holidays. That was before Skype had a worldwide outage minutes before the show. So instead you can listen to me telling Heather that re-gifting is ok, as long as you don’t do it the way my grandmother does. Check it out. Bonus interview with Jackie Lang, the Communications Director of Waste Management in the Northwest here.

Did you know that the largest protected wetland area within an American city sits hidden in the middle of the warehouses and port terminals of North Portland? Well you do now. Check it out.