resource extraction
Livelihoods: Looking to the Horizon Line
Skip Swenson describes South Beach’s local economy—long tied to its natural resources and environment—and recent attempts at diversification.
A Coastal Ecology: The Foundation of Place
Barbara Swift charts the complex systems of climate and ecology of the Southwest Washington coast.
Present Ghosts: River Valley
In this graphic series, artist Nina Elder reinterprets archival photographs of the River Valley to look past its industrial development.
The River Valley’s Other Working Landscape
In a series of watercolors, artist Tom Leytham documents the industrial ruins of this working-class community.
Mill Supply: Making Paper and Maintaining the Technological Sublime
Aaron Cayer revisits the architectural history of the paper mill and the ways in which the mill building has long dominated and organized the River Valley.
River Valley Cancer Yearbook
Kerri Arsenault collects the health stories of River Valley residents to make visible the mill’s toxic legacies.