COVER STORY WRITTEN BY IAN ITH PHOTOGRAPHED BY TOM REESE
ON THE COVER: A river otter navigates the Duwamish River through a swirling cloud of sediment raised by the wake of a passing tugboat. Pollution in the sediment is being cleaned up, but the years of ignorant and deliberate dumping will make the process long and the results uncertain.

PLANT LIFE Inviting, Naturally At REI, the scene outside is just as appealing as the gear inside TASTE Recipes for Living Good food for the fight against cancer LETTERS Oh, what a beautiful day NOW & THEN Poles Apart

ON FITNESS Systems Check Is this gadget the 'wave' of the future, or just entertaining? LIVING Intimate & Bold From two distinct perspectives, one dynamic dialogue of house and site PUNCH Old Wives' Tales Here comes the bride, and that odd couple with the stories