I live in a temperate coastal rainforest on the eastern Pacific Rim. We have more water than most, but it all comes in winter. Our cold inland sea has four thousand kilometers of shoreline, ringed by snow-capped mountains to catch moist ocean wind. Our trees are legendary–an old forest can store 900 metric tons of …
I have memories of camping in the High Sierra of California as a child with family friends. We carried extra food on a donkey named “pepper”, and the bears left claw marks on tree trunks, and there was lightning. I began backpacking in college. I remember my first pair of good boots. With the right …
What does a flock of chickens have to do with ecological restoration? People working on restoration of ecosystems may find it strange that the early stages of restoration camping are focused on food production as much as biodiversity or ecosystems. To me the connection is natural. If we’re going to restore a damaged ecosystem we …
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