Heading out for a day of fishing in the Hills Creek Resevoir.

Willamette National Forest, Oregon

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Central Oregon Cascades at sunset

Horse pasture mountain trail #2

Willamette National Forest // Oregon

[...] The organizers are calling on the Willamette National Forest and the Biden Administration to drop the proposed timber sale in light of the significant impacts that it would have on the climate, drinking water, and community safety. The action comes less than six months after President Biden signed Executive Order 14072 on Strengthening the Nation’s Forests, Communities, and Local Economies, which directs his administration to create stronger protections for public forests in an effort to mitigate the climate crisis, and only weeks after environmental groups sent the Forest Service an ultimatum to reconsider the sale.

The mist felt really good.

Willamette National Forest, Oregon, USA

Willamette National Forest is located in Oregon in the United States. More specifically, in the Cascade Range, a major mountain range in western North America. Comprised of more than 600,000 hectares, with over 150,000 hectares of designated wilderness and seven major mountain peaks, visitors here can hike through the sprawling conifer forest landscape, explore scenic lookouts, bathe in alpine lakes and even take part in nature and heritage tours.

Today’s photo shows McKenzie River National Recreation Trail, part of the Willamette National Forest. This trail winds by lakes, rivers and springs, guiding you through shady old-growth forests. One highlight here is the view overlooking Tamolich Blue Pool, a crystal-clear pool created by the river bubbling up into it.

Umpqua National Forest, August 2022

Proxy Falls, also known as Lower Proxy Falls, is a cascade and plunge waterfall from a collection of springs on the shoulder of North Sister, that plunges into a gaping canyon near McKenzie Pass in the Willamette National Forest, near Belknap Springs, Oregon.

Three hikers in the Three Sisters Wilderness

Willamette National Forest, Oregon

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Golden hour Willamette National Forest

Olallie ridge, Willamette National Forest, Oregon USA

Dancing Veil by Bryan Chong Via Flickr: This is a vertical frame of one of my favorite waterfall shots I've photographed. The way the light hits some of the moss and the cascades completes this shot for me. I didn't get the chance to photograph many waterfalls this year and with the rainfall finally arriving in Northwest I thought I would upload a shot from a few seasons ago to welcome autumn's first rainfall. Willamette National Forest, Oregon August 2020

Willamette National Forest // Oregon

Summer 2022 Bike touring/status update

Summer 2022 Bike touring/status update

Camping at Ainsworth SP in the Gorge, 15 June 2022. Ricohflex Dia/Kodak Gold 200 We’re just a couple days away from the start of July. If it’s not too hot (or too smoky) July through September marks the best time to bike tour here in the Pacific Northwest–long, dry, warm days. Spring typically isn’t a bad time to tour or camp here either, if you get the weather right. But this spring has been…

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