By Chris Rurik and Helen Helfand Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 Part 6 Our journey ends at Oregon’s southernmost marine reserve: Redfish Rocks. Leaving behind the rugged majesty of Cape Perpetua, we cycle 175 miles south, passing through sand dune country ...
By Chris Rurik and Helen Helfand Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 Part 6 High on the shoulder of Cape Perpetua, a worn path leads to an open stone shelter. The shelter clutches to the mountainside like a hawk’s nest. It ...
By Chris Rurik and Helen Helfand Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 Part 6 It is a simple diagram, and Cristen Don and Stacy Galleher laugh wryly as they show us. Four overlapping circles represent their team’s responsibilities: “Policy and Administration (1 ...
By Chris Rurik and Helen Helfand Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 Part 6 We walk on the ocean floor in Otter Rock Marine Reserve, and we may as well be underwater, the air is so thick with mist. The low tide ...
By Chris Rurik and Helen Helfand Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 Part 6 Terry Thompson finds us in a parking lot in Lincoln City. After traversing this strip of a town all morning, looking for signs of the marine reserve just ...
By Chris Rurik and Helen Helfand Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 Part 6 The first of Oregon’s five newly designated marine reserves we encounter as we cycle south from the Washington border does not yet exist, except on planning maps. ...