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...kids hitting the slopes, the resort is enviably positioned: Snowmass, Aspen Mountain, Aspen Highlands and Buttermilk resorts can be accessed with one lift ticket. And after a day of carving the hillsides, skiers can head to the spa for such muscle-soothing remedies as Siberian fir body wraps and warm birch-oil massages...
...sign that long before there was an immigration crisis in St. Helens, there was a globalization crisis. "This is a timber town that never came out of the recession in the 1980s," says Marcy Westerling, a longtime resident and pro-immigrant activist. Blessed by an abundance of Douglas fir and hemlock, the town once hummed with pulp plants, stud mills and palletmakers. A few decades ago, though, the mighty Columbia began delivering logs from Canada, then ready-made office paper from Asia. The financial swoon of 2008 was just a final insult to what remained of the town's manufacturing...
Sniffing Out a Bargain. If you can't afford French truffles these days, try domestic. Wild Oregon truffles, which grow on the roots of Douglas Fir trees in a habitat similar to the finest truffle orchards in Europe are sought after by chefs and gourmands alike. To make sure you get your share, head to the Oregon Truffle Festival in Eugene. Among many treats, the $475 weekend package includes dinner at local restaurants, lunch the next day at a local winery, a chance to go truffle-hunting and see a truffle dog in action, and the Grand Truffle five-course...
Though more than 30 million live Christmas trees are sold in the U.S. every year, almost all Christmas trees are raised on commercial farms--which makes them a renewable resource more akin to a stalk of corn than to a wild Douglas fir in the forest. When a yule tree is chopped down and sold, farms will plant another one in its place, making that part of the process carbon-neutral. The fossil fuel burned to transport the trees from farm to hearth is another matter. But given that most artificial trees are manufactured and shipped from China, fakes have...
Extreme greens opt to get a real tree with root-ball intact, keep it alive through the stressful holiday season--then find a place to replant it. That might be easy if you have a green thumb and a backyard big enough to absorb a Douglas fir: lug the potted tree inside for the holidays, then outside once your New Year's hangover has cleared. If you keep the tree in a planter, you can reuse it every year and save...