Eighty years after the Dust Bowl, our understanding of the strength and fragility of native soils is greater than ever. Yet erosion will always be a concern -- even here in The Intertwine. Here are just a few reasons why vegetation is a soil savior's best friend.

If you had five minutes a month on television, what topics would you talk about? For the last seven years I’ve asked myself that question over and over. Here are some of my answers – as seen on KATU’s morning magazine show, AM Northwest.

Three years ago, we set out to launch a coalition that transcended political lines on a map. After all, habitat knows no borders. But we admit, it's proven harder to get the humans of The Intertwine to embrace our bi-state identity. So lately, we're getting proactive, pushing people to think less about I-5 and more about our five watersheds.

Is biophilia a belief, a feeling, or the start of a new international urban planning language? We ask Tim Beatley, author and professor of sustainable communities at the University of Virginia, to tell us more about the global Biophilic Cities Project.

Do you like birds? (Sure you do!) Do you know how to count? (It’s ok if you need to use your fingers.) If your answer is “yes” on both fronts, there’s a global citizen science project this Valentine's Day that you should scope out -- the 17th Annual Great Backyard Bird Count.

The Columbia Gorge is already one of the world's best places to visit, according to National Geographic Traveler. Now we're upscaling this destination with a world-class vision: meet the Gorge Town to Trails Project, aimed at creating a European-style town-to-town hiking model like Italy’s Cinque Terre -- right here in the Pacific Northwest.

Ecosystem services are too often understood as simply putting a dollar value on nature. But the real power of this framework is its ability to bolster the case for conservation action -- thinking that's already practically mainstream here in The Intertwine. And the most exciting part of our work has just begun.