activism | climate change | conservation | Nature | Wilderness | wildfire
Save the Heart of Wild America
“A road is a dagger placed in the heart of a wilderness” – William O. Douglas, Supreme…
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birds | climate change | forests | Nature | trees
The Dave Richie Tree Survived Hurricane Helene
Earlier this summer, I received an email from Josh Kelly of MountainTrue that resonated on a deep…
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birds | climate change | conservation | forests | Nature | oregon | photography | Wilderness | wildfire
Opal Creek Ancient Forest: Abundance After Wildfire
The word “abundance” is on the tip of our sweetened tongues. Melt-in-your-mouth blackberries burst from the native…
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activism | birds | camping | climate change | Nature | Rivers | trees | Wilderness
Spring Renewal in Badger Creek Wilderness
Badger Creek sends her news flowing pell-mell in the snow-melt waters down through a wild valley of…
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climate change | Democracy | Nature | Rivers
River of Renewal Rising
This is another version of my Substack post ( A Tattered Flag…) for this First Day of…
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climate change | Democracy | kingfisher | Nature | writing
Amplify Our Voices
To my wonderful followers of my blog–and to new folks– I now post brief Substack writings on…
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camping | climate change | conservation | forests | Nature | oregon | trees | Wilderness
Saving the Big Trees of Badger Creek as Wilderness — A Lucky Break
Puckery sweet huckleberries lined the upper Badger Creek trail within easy reach. Ancient western red cedars flared branches like bird wings. Noble firs, Douglas-firs, and silver firs rose columnar and elegant among Engelmann spruce, western white pine, and mountain and western hemlocks. A Pacific wren dueted with a silvery stream. Badger Creek Wilderness, at 29,000 acres, protects many centuries-old trees and ecosystems of breathtaking diversity.
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Ponderosa Speaks to Woodpecker
Peel off a chip of my puzzle bark. Go ahead. Peck and chisel. Find every crevice in my amber trunk. I have known you, Downy Woodpecker, a hundred times over. My age cannot be measured by the 500 rings alone. I am river song. Whitecap on lake. Trickling headwaters. Lightning strike on high ridge bursting into flame.
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activism | birds | climate change | conservation | forests | wildfire
Every Wild Place Has a Story: an Oregon Wild series
This is the introduction essay for a series celebrating Oregon Wild’s 50th anniversary and the 60th anniversary…
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activism | birds | climate change | conservation | Nature | travel
Driving Home in the Arctic Freeze, I Hit a Songbird
Driving well below the speed limit, I took a day and a half to cover the 600…
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