- Priscilla Long is a Seattle-based writer, poet, editor, and a longtime independent teacher of writing. She writes science, poetry, history, creative nonfiction, and fiction. She is author of nine books (to date), including the how-to-write manual The Writer’s Portable Mentor. Her work appears in numerous literary publications, both print and online, and her science column “Science Frictions” ran for 92 weeks online at The American Scholar…
- Spring Creek Canyon Natural Area Preserve (dnr.wa.gov)
The basalt canyons in this 235-acre preserve contain remnant examples of Douglas-fir and ponderosa pine forest, as well as shrub-grassland ecosystems. Steep talus slopes, dominated by a variety of mosses and lichens, occur in patches throughout the preserve. The canyon bottoms support aspen and cottonwood trees, and a variety of shrub species, providing excellent habitat for songbirds and other wildlife. A wildfire burned through most of this preserve in 2002, but left much of the forest overstory intact while thinning out many of the smaller, younger trees.