environment
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Ethan Tapper Revisited: How to Love a Forest???
Nature is an incredibly complex interrelated living organism. Overall, we know very little about the relationships between flora and fauna and the workings of the fungal networks beneath our feet. It takes long-term fieldwork to uncover these relationships. Continue reading
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When Smoke Gets In Your Eyes: A Firefighter’s Perspective
Statistical data from the National Interagency Fire Center reports that between January 1 and July 15 of this year, 3,633,827 acres have been consumed by 39,520 fires in the United States. Continue reading
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Lock the Clock
This is the time of year when the majority of us, 54%, dread moving forward. Why? On Saturday evening, we will dutifully change our clocks to Daylight Saving Time (DST). The ritual of shifting clocks back and forth an hour… Continue reading
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The Ties That Bind: The Earthly Gifts and the Stories We Need to Hear
In the American imagination, small town, rural living offers a slower lifestyle in close knit communities, and affordable living. This idealized perception misses the deeper reality of humanity’s place in creation. Wendell Berry succinctly captures this when he observes: “Old… Continue reading
Charles van Heck's Woodhull Journal 