Oregon Coast Soaps

The rain is back. Here on the Oregon Coast, it is more than weather; it is the foundation of one of the rarest ecosystems on Earth. Explore the forest beneath the Sitkas and discover the toxic little newt locked in an evolutionary arms race with garter snakes.

I grew up with East Coast sugar maples, never realizing Oregon had a maple-sugaring story of its own. One enormous Bigleaf maple sent me down a rabbit hole that eventually led my family to Bigleaf Maple Camp, an Oregon tree with our tap in it, a bottle of distinctly Western maple syrup, and, naturally, a bar of soap.