A Community in Science
by Phyllis Shier
Recent revelations in botany are a triumph of collaboration.

Growing Community with Food
by Collin Tong
Gardeners, farmers, activists buck the system by tilling the ground.

Mabel Holcomb
A poem by Linda Kittell

To Your Health
by Barbara Greene Chamberlain
A healthy community leads to healthy people. Spokane socioeconomists try to argue the obvious to a memory impaired society.

Bighorn Sheep: When Ecological Communities Clash
by Mary Aegerter
A bacterium that travels harmlessly in domestic sheep threatens the existence of their wild relatives.

The Place Inside
by Bashir Kazimee
The architecture of an Islamic courtyard house mirrors the culture.

Smoot Hill: Remnant of a Prairie Community
Photographs by Robert Hubner
A beautiful refuge hints at the Palouse shrub-steppe as it once was.

F E A T U R E S

Of Cilia and Flagella
by Mary Aegerter
Do you hear strange noises? Maybe it's the
millions of tiny machines in your gut.

Spinning Straw into Gold
by Dennis Brown
A different paper could solve a lot of problems.

Why Do We Sleep?
by Tim Steury
We spend a third of our lives asleep, and we're not sure why. But Jim Krueger and Gina Poe have a good idea.

And 1,083 Lines of Lupine
by Tim Steury
The Plant Introduction Station celebrates 50 years of maintaining genetic diversity.

F I E L D    N O T E S

Tracing a Weed's European Origins
by Lynn Kinter
In its native land, cheatgrass can be tough to find.

G A L L E R Y

Tiny Pumps Are a Bacterial Arsenal
Why Can't We Stop Eating?
Echoes of Asia
A Bug's Life in Grant County