Current Issue

Featured in the Fall/Winter 2009 issue:

A Bird in the Hand
Winter Dreams of Summer Blackberries
Wild Yeast Makes Wild Bread

Also—

Gorge Lodging
Gorge Green
Gorge Music Series
Gorge Property
Gorge Rentals
Gorge Outside
Gorge Gardens

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Quicklinks to individual articles and websites referenced in this issue:

Cover – Donna VanTuyl, artist

p. 4 — A Bird in the Hand (download PDF of this article)

American Bird Conservancy

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

Hawk Watch International

Conboy Lake National Wildlife Refuge
Sand Hill Crane call

Window Alert (Bend, Oregon)

American Bird Conservancy cat policy

Owl nest boxes

Shade-grown coffee

Tree snags provide habitat

p. 6 — Winter Dreams of Summer Blackberries (download PDF of this article)

p. 7 — Wild Yeast Makes Wild Bread (download PDF of this article)

Sourdoughhome.com

King Arthur Flour Company

p. 8 — Oak Street Hotel

Art by Lillian Pitt (download PDF of this article)

p. 10 — Sustainable Coffee (download PDF of this article)

Hood River Coffee Company

Fair Trade certification

Coffee Kids

p. 10 — Programmable Thermostats (download PDF of this article)

EnergyStar

p. 11 — Glorious Fall Color (download PDF of this article)

Mount Hood Gardens, Inc.

p. 15 — Gorge Property Team (download PDF of this article)

Certified Distressed Property Expert

p. 16 — Truth and Lending Changes (download PDF of this article)

Truth and Lending Rule

Debt Relief in Foreclosure

Publication 4681 Canceled Debts, Foreclosures, Repossessions, and Abandonment

p. 17 — Loan Modification FAQs (download PDF of this article)

The Home Affordable Refinance Program

HOPE NOW

Fannie Mae Loan Lookup

Freddie Mac Loan Lookup

p. 18 – Tenants and Foreclosure (download PDF of this article)

Protecting Tenants at Foreclosure Act of 2009

Gorge Rentals

p. 20 – Gorge Music Series (download PDF of this article)

The Bee Eaters

Rio Con Brio

Aaron Meyer

BodyVox-2

Columbia Center for the Arts

Columbia Gorge Dance Academy

Columbia Gorge Arts in Education

p. 22 – Small Car, Big Net (download PDF of this article)

Rowena Wildlife Clinic

p. 24 – Wolves Return to the Northwest (download PDF of this article)

Gifford Pinchot Task Force