| Features |
| Soundings | |
| "Cannon Beach Meditation" | Vern Rutsala |
| India: The Light of a Thousand Suns | David Savage |
| What lies behind India's raising the nuclear ante? | |
| "Winter Creek" | John Daniel |
| An Essay | |
| Water in the West | Charles Wilkinson |
| A historical and current perspective on water law and its social habitat | |
| "The Fortunist" | Jason Blair |
| A Short Story | |
| "Surgeon's Knots" | Richard Rapport |
| A Memoir | |
| Paved with Good Intentions | Doug Kelbaugh |
| Is sprawl inevitable? The author suggests ways to revitalize our neighborhoods and rediscover our sense of community. | |
| "Ash Light" | Earlene Leif |
| A Poem | |
| "Driving with My Father" | William Jolliff |
| A Poem | |
| Departments |
| Editorial | |
| Letters | |
| Open-Ended Investigations | |
| Bigfoot | Robert Sullivan |
| Books | |
| The Booker Prize | Rishona Zimring |
| Wild Song: Poems of the Natural World | Susan Bucharest |
| edited by John Daniel | |
| Travel | |
| Biking through Southeast Asia | Michael Kiparsky |
| Crossword Puzzle | Matt Jones |
| Art | |
| "Through My Eyes" | Elizabeth Cosgriff |
| An exhibit of native art at the Vancouver Museum reflects the cultural tradition of First Nations peoples | |
| Sports | |
| Ultimate Frisbee | Geoff Richman |
| In the Garden | |
| Roses | Emery N. Castle |
| Contributors | |