After logging threatened their land, the Tla-o-qui-aht of Vancouver Island protected their forests—and themselves—by creating one of the world’s first indigenous-run parks. MEARES ISLAND, IN THE SOUTHWESTERN …
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My new book, The Earth Said Remember Me: How to Revive Our Memories and Restore the Planet, centers on the ways in which ordinary forgetting is an …
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The heart of my new book Astonished By Beauty: A Field Guide to the Practice of Paying Attention consists of two main sections. The first, “A Geography …
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Celebrate the beauty and diversity of our oceans as author Mary Boone presents her latest work Unfathomable: Twenty Wild (But True) Stories of the Ocean, alongside Nora …
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In Treaty Justice: The Northwest Tribes, the Boldt Decision, and the Recognition of Fishing Rights, legal historian and tribal advocate Charles Wilkinson tells the dramatic story of …
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Our Nature of Writing Speaker Series brings community together for presentations by authors, artists, naturalists and poets, illuminating the natural world with the turn of a page.
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Less than half a mile into my hike, I confront a broken bridge over the surging Canyon Creek, which today looks more like a raging river. After …
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Kam Redlawsk I WAS ABANDONED AT BIRTH IN DAEGU, South Korea, and adopted by a white family in Michigan. I had a regular working-class Midwest upbringing. I …
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Much of the alpine and subalpine West lies on federal lands—in national parks, wilderness areas, and national forests. The alpine zone is defined as the elevation above …
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Guest post by Paul Bannick Woodpeckers are one of the most remarkable bird species found in the avian world. They have evolved in ways that make them …
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