News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
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After five years of planning, fundraising, and delays, Black Butte School and the Camp Sherman community finally have a new playground. Kids are overjoyed with this new, beautiful, nature-integrated play structure. The playground incorporates logs of hazard trees cut from within the footprint of the playground. Other play elements include an ADA accessible pathway, ramp, and nest swing, tetherball and volleyball, a parkour challenge course, and some old-school style monkey... Full story
Rick McIntyre’s newest book, “The Redemption of Wolf 302,” is being released this month. It’s the third in a series of stories about Yellowstone wolves and covers some of the same fascinating canine characters in his other books. The most successful wolf introduction ever launched began in 1995. In 2008, McIntyre had reached his 3,000th day in a row of getting up before dawn to observe wolves. He saw wolves on 98.7 percent of those days. In this book, McIntyre describ... Full story
“To be native to a place we must learn to speak its language,” wrote Robin Wall Kimmerer, in “Braiding Sweetgrass.” Few of us in Sisters Country are natives. Most of us followed our wild instincts to disperse, travel, revel, and lay down roots in a new habitat. Living here, we learn the wild language of Sisters Country, and if we try, we can live in balance with it. Paradoxically, while the natural splendor of Sisters Country draws us here, our very presence — even when peaceful — can render it less wild, less eco... Full story
