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A handful of Michael Jaross’ honeybee colonies live behind the Dollar Lot, off Galbraith Lane, and thrive on the Himalayan blackberries and fireweed flowers nearby.

Environment

Pleas for the Bees Michael Jaross, Bellingham, WA’s Beekeeping Guru, is Helping Local Colonies Adapt

Between April 2019 and April 2020, more than 40 percent of honeybee colonies within the United States died off,

according a survey published by the Bee Informed Partnership. Additionally, that annual loss number has been hovering between 30 and 45 percent for the past decade.

For Bellingham, WA-based beekeeper Michael Jaross, this is a fact he drops relatively nonchalantly as he gives a tour of one of his hive clusters—yet it...

Between April 2019 and April 2020, more than 40 percent of honeybee colonies within the United States died off,

The adrenaline that comes from weaving in and out of traffic, dodging cars and racing through the gridlocked streets of Toronto isn’t for everybody.

The air is rich with the thick scent of dirt.

Maybe it was the mist rolling off the Pacific Ocean, or the Douglas-fir-scented air,

When the coronavirus pandemic hit Whistler in March 2020, it was like a cross-check to the teeth.

A thicket of bronze vines lays on the ground in Aaron Loveitt’s studio, branches weaving through each other in a methodical and ornate layout.

“Eventually, all things merge into one, and a river runs through it.”—Norman Maclean, A River Runs Through It, 1976

Whether you’re cruising a Seattle neighborhood greenway or pedaling singletrack to the top of a mountain, it’s undeniable that Washington state is good to cyclists.

Whenever someone asks me where I’m from, my answer, “Darrington, WA,” tends to generate a puzzled look and the response, “Where’s that?”

In 2016, when BC Parks needed a strategy to guide their planning for the South Chilcotin Mountains, Tom Barratt put his hand up.

The first surfboard Maddy Marshall ever shaped, he miscalculated the amount of resin needed for the fiberglassing process.

When I first heard about the not-yet-realized vision of Flying Bike Cooperative Brewery, I was cynical.

It’s 1:00 a.m. in November. Gretchen Leggitt’s breath hangs in the cool, dark night like slowly billowing smoke against a black abyss.

In the late afternoon during the 10th consecutive day of riding, about 60 miles north of the British Columbia/Northwest Territories border somewhere along the Liard Highway, Huw and I were lying on the mossy floor of a sparse pine forest.

While every beer has its own taste and aroma, these attributes are rarely conveyed at first glance.

Bright colors weave in and out of trees, emanating from tie-dyed racing jerseys, Hawaiian shirts and at least one unicorn costume.

If “Kettle Fest” were a verb, it would be used to describe the action of waking up, cooking breakfast, looking at a map and then riding a mountain bike until you no longer could.

When someone moves to Bellingham, WA, it’s only a matter of time until they see a bumper sticker or hear someone say, “Welcome to Bellingham, now get on your bike.”

The mountain bike world has many dudes, but only one Dude.

The next time you find yourself riding in a Squamish bike lane, look down.

In 2008, Sam Whittingham won the President’s Choice, People’s Choice and Best in Show awards at the North American Handmade Bicycle Show.

You could say Whistler-based biker, skier and illustrator Kate Zessel’s business started in the back seat of her family’s car in the 1990s.

Below Fraser Newton’s name on his Anthill Films business cards is his title: “The Swiss Army Knife.”

It’s a drizzly January evening as I step out of my car at the end of a long gravel driveway in rural Whatcom County.

It’s no secret Seattleites love their java, but many might be unaware the city is known as the birthplace of second-wave coffee.