Street Smart Naturalist: Explorations of the Urban Kind

Street Smart Naturalist: Explorations of the Urban Kind

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Numbed in November
“To survive what’s headed our way — global climate disruption, a new pandemic, additional authoritarian governments — and to endure, we will have to…
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How Not to Name a Mountain
Since election day, the president has issued a vast and horrible horde of executive orders.
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Waterfront Clam Garden
Last week I had the privilege of touring Seattle’s new waterfront park with my friend Owen Oliver. A writer and artist, he has been a key consultant to…
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World's Youngest Glacier
A Summit of Ice and Lava
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As Long as There is Life
Hope for a better 2024
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Keepers of the Land
Many, many years ago, I was a national park ranger at Arches National Park and the Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site.
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Thankful for Salmon and Beaver
The Joys and Gifts of the Urban Wilds
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Monkey Puzzles and Muir
The Curious Chilean Trees Dotting Cityscapes
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Climate Change
A Political Interlude
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East Winds and A Very Long Word
This week, we in the PNW, or at least west of the Cascade divide, got walloped with a bomb, a Bomb Cyclone to be exact.
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An Ode to Age
And, a happy birthday wish.
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Rejoicing in an Orwellian Spring
Alas, it’s back to me after last week’s lovely interlude by Marjorie.
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