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A Remarkable Garden

Posted by on Jun 25, 2012 in News | Comments Off on A Remarkable Garden

“A Remarkable Garden: David Douglas and the Shrub-Steppe of the Columbia Plateau” The summer 2012 issue of Rock Garden Quarterly has an article about dryland plants collected by David Douglas on the Columbia Plateau and the tribal uses that he observed. For an online view, visit www.nargs.org

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David Douglas and Lewis & Clark

Posted by on Jun 25, 2012 in News | Comments Off on David Douglas and Lewis & Clark

“David Douglas on the Heels of the Corps of Discovery” The summer 2012 issue of We Proceeded On has an article touching on the connections between the floral collections of Meriwether Lewis west of the Rockies and those of David Douglas two decades later.

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The Surveys of David Douglas

Posted by on Jun 25, 2012 in News | Comments Off on The Surveys of David Douglas

The May 2012 issue of American Surveyor includes an essay about David Douglas’s surveying and geomagnetic activities during his second visit to the Northwest in 1830 – 1833. “Fearful Excitement: The Surveys of David Douglas” For an online view, visit www.amerisurv.com

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Columbia Magazine article

Posted by on Mar 23, 2012 in News | Comments Off on Columbia Magazine article

The spring edition of Columbia Magazine contains an article on David Douglas adapted from my 2011 Curtiss Hill lecture at the Washington State Historical Society.

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Fire and Ice

Posted by on Mar 3, 2012 in Books, News | Comments Off on Fire and Ice

Fire and Ice

This month’s North Columbia Monthly column is about ice, with beautiful photos by Charles Gurche....

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