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Birding and Natural History are not Neutral Spaces

June 16, 2020

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Tree Love: (Sub)Alpine Larches

May 25, 2020

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A Global Big Day; A Backyard Bioblitz; A Day of Lunacy

May 18, 2020

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Tree Love: Bigleaf Maples

May 3, 2020

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Tree Love: Alders

April 26, 2020

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Summer’s Last Murmurs

September 23, 2019

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A Call for Submissions!

January 16, 2019

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The Way Round Jack Pt. 1

August 2, 2018

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A Spring Paddle

May 2, 2017

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The Last Days of Winter

April 17, 2017

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Birding and Natural History are not Neutral Spaces

If for some reason you thought that I wouldn’t say anything about the current state of the world here on Wingtrip, I wouldn’t blame you. The reason I wouldn’t blame you is that I have had countless opportunities to talk about systemic and overt racism… Read More

Jun 16, 20

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Tree Love: (Sub)Alpine Larches

For those of you just arriving, I am currently writing about Pacific Northwest trees. This is a practice in appreciation, place-making, and is a pandemic project I hope to continue beyond this period. Though there are certainly no starts or finishes to this, if you… Read More

May 25, 20

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A Global Big Day; A Backyard Bioblitz; A Day of Lunacy

Last weekend I decided to do something that sounds odd. We’ve all had to get creative about what we do during a pandemic, both in desperate measures and finding trivial pursuits. The self-prescribed activity I will describe below definitely falls under the more trivial side… Read More

May 18, 20

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Tree Love: Bigleaf Maples

Last week I laid out a plan to pontificate on Pacific Northwest trees, a storied appreciation of the most prominent of plants. I offered up experiences with the red alder, those ever-cycling nutrient bombs, the first wave. What comes after? Well, by design or chance… Read More

May 03, 20

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