My review of Timothy Egan’s latest book, The Big Burn: Teddy Roosevelt and the Fire That Saved America, is now available at The Well-read Naturalist.
forest
The Big Burn
As long as humankind has walked the Earth, fire has been both its liberator and its nightmare. The same elemental force that enabled our earliest ancestors to put behind them their daylight-limited existence and begin to shape their world in ways beyond their own physical capabilities is also the central theme of our most profound […]
An Intervention
Dear National Audubon Society, As with any publicly noticeable bad habit that if one knew about its obviousness one would wish to break, I find myself in the somewhat awkward position of pointing out just such a habit to you. I know it might be a little embarrassing to hear but I hope our long […]
Photo Interlude: Saddle Mountain State Natural Area
Deep inside the Pacific coastal rain forest in the Saddle Mountain State Natural Area, Oregon Equipment: Body: Canon 40D Lens: Canon EF 20mm f/2.8 USM Settings: F-stop: f/3.5 Exposure time: 1/50 sec. ISO speed: ISO-400