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Seeing Layers around Us
A Historian and a Sociologist Go on a Walk
May 31
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The Former World of the Woods
How a Century-old Autobiographical Novel Reveals an Old System with All Its Tyrannies
May 24
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Deception, Connections, and Change
A Park Visit for Perspectives
May 17
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How a Threatened Owl and a Judge Forced Federal Agencies to Follow the Law
Part of the Spotted Owl Saga as a Story of Democracy
May 10
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"Seeds"
Listen now (18 min) | Audio version of a personal essay
May 8
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Portraits of Conservation
Conservationists at work and distinct routes to action
May 3
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April 2023
Mardy Murie’s Celebration of Alaska
Reading Two in the Far North
Apr 26
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Visiting the Murie Ranch
Feeling History and Home in the Tetons
Apr 19
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National Elk Refuge and the Nature of Property
Following Wildlife, Thinking about Property
Apr 12
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A Dog’s Eye View
In Memory of My Partner in History, Place, and Writing
Apr 5
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March 2023
What Makes a Conservation Classic?
Reading Marjory Stoneman Douglas’s The Everglades: River of Grass
Mar 29
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How a Small County Park Symbolizes All of Northwest History
(Or, at least quite a lot of it)
Mar 22
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