By LYNDA V. MAPES, The Seattle Times

HOH RESERVATION - It chews, it gnaws and jumps around, avulsing in a tantrum of energy to new channels, taking anything in its way right along with it. Just ask members of the Hoh Tribe: The river that carries their name is shoving them right out of their reservation.

HOBUCK BEACH, Wash. - They died in droves: common murres, scoters, loons and more, in the largest-ever-recorded kill of seabirds on Washington's coast.

The surf gently rocks Gordon Hempton as he courts hypothermic bliss.
Surfers guard their secret spots. Hempton's is a jade-green jewel with a long fetch of open water that catches whatever raucous weather blasts in from the Pacific.

The Pacific Northwest Trail is likely to be designated a National Scenic Trail this week, after a legislative journey that for advocates seemed as arduous as parts of the 1,200-mile trail.

The Pacific Northwest Trail is likely to be designated a National Scenic Trail this week, after a legislative journey that for advocates seemed as arduous as parts of the 1,200-mile trail.