 For example, he wrote about the Forest Service loosening its environmental standards so a gas corporation can clear cut through old growth in the Mount Hood National Forest to make way for an LNG pipeline.In 2020, Zuckerman and his journalism were the subject of a documentary that premiered at the Sundance Film Festival.In January 2009, Zuckerman took a leave from "The Oregonian" to work on a "dream book project" after his partner, Sam Adams, was elected mayor of Portland  While researching the book, Zuckerman nearly died while traveling through remote regions of Nepal and ingesting a "half plant, half animal" caterpillar fungus.