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Marie Tumlířová was among the first women ever to graduate from the Czech Technical University, a century ago, a year after equal rights for all were enshrined in the constitution. She earned her doctorate defending a thesis that would serve as an unlikely springboard to a career in politics – poultry farming. Her interests soon turned to rural sociology and women’s emancipation, through education and financial independence. Marie Tumlířová was born on June 9, 1889 into a solidly middle-class family in Hradec Králové, a city at the confluence of the Elbe and the Orlice rivers, nea...

Polarized Groups Unite to Protect Rivers and Salmon January 3, 2021 In Part 1 of this series, Associate Professor in the Forest Engineering and Management Department of Oregon State University’s College of Forestry, Kevin Bladon, helped illuminate the massive costs wildfires can accrue long after their flames have been put out. There is a dizzying effect to thinking about each and every impact to the hydrology cycle that happens post-fire, and how this all can total to between a ten- and eleven-digit dollar figure of loss.    In the second of this two-part series, Bladon informs me of so...

What Wildfires Have Done to Oregon’s Rivers and Salmon January 2, 2021 In early November on Coast Highway 101, it’s almost as rainy of a day as it was smoky two months ago. Driving north, I am reminded of that day I drove along a different stretch of the same highway, making an early departure from my camping trip in the Redwoods home to Newport. That morning, I had awakened to a red sun and headache-inducing campfire smell, the latter of which penetrated my tent from far outside any of the metal fire rings in the campground where I was staying. Wildfires in Northern California and Oregon...

Harold and Linda Hartshorne: Harold was born in Sidney in 1947 and Linda (Wood) was born in Kelvington, Sask., in 1951. They married in 1971. Harold worked for the Department of Highways for 22 years, then the Prince George Regional Correctional Centre for eight years and then started A-Tec Dental Service for the next 22 years. After high school, Linda worked in the office for the Beautiful B.C. Magazine.  Later, Linda worked for BCTel and retired after 26 years of service. Harold was named a Prince George Citizen Of The Year in 2018.  Harry and Barb Gairns: Harry Gairns, a UBC Forestry...