Street Smart Naturalist: Explorations of the Urban Kind

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Helpful Devil
Two weeks ago, I wrote about a particularly unwelcome and spiny plant: holly. Today, I want to highlight an equally prickly plant but one long favored…
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Trees and Politics
Seattle has long feasted on its trees, cutting down its forest to fuel its economy. Seeing the money through the trees began with the first boat of…
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Good Golly Miss Holly
In 1927, Lillian McEwan began a campaign to promote planting hollies in Seattle city parks. She was rather far to successful and we are paying the…
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Of Seals, Sea Lions, and the Locks
Seals and sea lions, normally marine-based animals, have been exploiting the regions' freshwater for thousands of years.
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Superbloom - Seattle Style
An Eruption of Dragons
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The Giddiness of Time
Although deep time manifests itself in many ways, it resonates more strongly in some locations. One such place is in downtown Seattle at the southwest…
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Operation Mother Goose
The curious origin of Seattle's Canada geese, a story that begins with a dam, a plan, and unknown Johnny Appleseed like character.
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Street Smart Naturalist: Explorations of the Urban Kind
Street Smart Naturalist: Explorations of the Urban Kind
Building stronger connections to place through stories of human and natural history in the Pacific Northwest
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