The Mississippi River’s infrastructure is aging, and no one can agree who should fix it.
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Posted inArts & Culture, Nonfiction, Quotes, Science & Nature
Reconnecting with Nature, and with Wi-Fi
What does a naturalist do at the end of their career!? Retire in nature, of course.
Posted inNonfiction, Story
Lost in Backcountry Corsica
When two Irish travelers take hiking advice from a supposed guide, they soon find themselves relying on their wits in the dark.
Posted inEditor's Pick
Finally Seeing the Forest for the Trees
A personal essay in which, after a spate of trauma and loss, Maura Kelly retreats to the woods of the Hudson Valley. There, she is converted into “a nature person.”
Posted inEssays & Criticism, Nonfiction, Story
Finally Seeing the Forest for the Trees
After a spate of trauma and loss, Maura Kelly retreats to the Hudson Valley where she is converted into a ‘nature person.’
Posted inEditor's Pick, Essays & Criticism, Nonfiction
Finally Seeing the Forest for the Trees
After a spate of trauma and loss, Maura Kelly retreats to the Hudson Valley where she is converted into a ‘nature person.’
Posted inNonfiction, Quotes
An Oregon Wolf, Profiled
A fateful encounter between Oregon’s mightiest wolf and the scientist who would track him for the next six years.
Posted inArts & Culture, Quotes
Now Airbnb is Wrecking Mountain Towns, Too
Short-term rentals are affecting the character of places like Bozeman, Boise, and Crested Butte.
Posted inBooks, Story
Late in Life, Thoreau Became a Serious Darwinist
But he died before he could finish his book on natural history. As Emerson put it, Thoreau “depart[ed] out of Nature before… he has been really shown to his peers for what he is.”
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Late in Life, Thoreau Became a Serious Darwinist
But he died before he could finish his book on natural history. As Emerson put it, Thoreau “depart[ed] out of Nature before… he has been really shown to his peers for what he is.”