Blanchard, Washington is home to farmlands in the Samish River delta which border the railroad tracks. Opponents of the coal terminal are concerned about the local impact of transporting the coal through Washington State. (Photo by Paul K. Anderson)

Sara McCaslin is an editor and visual journalist for The Seattle Globalist. She worked for several daily midwest newspapers including The Flint Journal, The Columbia Missourian and The Boone County Journal before moving to Seattle. Sara trains the next generation of journalists through the Globalist Apprenticeship Program and is a graduate of the Journalism School at the University of Missouri.