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Do you know these ‘Grinches’ who stole Salvation Army kettle?

Surveillance video shows two people stealing the money intended to go toward Salvation Army services. The thieves appear to have used bolt cutters to remove the donation bucket from its stand outsi…

Top Four Best Places to Buy and Sell Antiques

If you’re up for the travel and antique shipping, here are four places to start your search for the best place to buy and sell your antiques away from home.

Here's What Goodwill Actually Does With Your Donated Clothes

13 Best Places to Sell Your Used Items Online & Offline

Are you ready to clean out your house and get rid of clutter? It feels great to freshen up your place by ridding it of unused items, but it feels even better to actually profit from

10 reasons why thrift stores are awesome

It's cheap, funky, and recycled. You really can't go wrong with second-hand shopping.

What Not to Donate: Thrift Store Donation Guidelines

Every thrift store has different rules, but these items are commonly turned away at donation centers. Call ahead to see if your local store can accept them.

How to Find Designer Brands at Thrift Stores

How to find designer dresses when shopping at thrift stores.

How to make the most of Portland’s sprawling Forest Park: Peak Northwest podcast

Portland’s sprawling urban forest isn’t always easy to navigate. We’re here to help.

Parks filled with flora, opportunities for visitors to learn and grow

Valparaiso's parks inventory are big draws for those in town and throughout the Region. Just look at Ogden Gardens and Foundation Meadows, for two.

Forest Park Manor residents learn to shop smart for groceries

Grocery shopping can be confusing at best, especially when comparing brands and prices. It gets even more so when items are switched from one aisle to the next – a move by marketers to keep shoppers in the store longer, hopefully to spend more cash. At Springfield Housing Authority’s Forest Park Manor, residents are learning ...

Has Haiti Lost Nearly All of Its Forest? It's Complicated

The cloud forests of Haiti’s Macaya National Park are believed to carry the world’s largest concentration of endemic amphibians. Island ecosystems are hotspots for biodiversity, and historically, Haiti was no different.

Campfire Safety: Only You Can Prevent Forest Fires

There is nothing quite like sitting around a campfire, devouring good food, and swapping stories after a day of adventure. But be aware of forest fires.

Manage Forests and Land

Windbreaks are trees and shrubs systematically planted adjacent to fields, homesteads, or feedlots as a barrier to reduce or redirect the wind. Overall, windbreaks enhance aesthetics, increase land value, reduce soil erosion, protect buildings and/or equipment and establish wildlife habitat.

Pharmacists and cognitive dissonance

Dennis MillerWhat is cognitive dissonance?In psychology, cognitive dissonance is the mental stress or discomfort experienced by an individual who holds two or more contradictory beliefs at the s

Forest Park’s northern trails offer a quieter park experience

Discover the more remote side of Portland’s urban forest on the trails in its northernmost section.

When regrowing forests goes wrong

Companies and countries that have made tree-planting promises may be doing more harm than good, reports The New York Times.