Wild Prose

Where Writing Meets Wildness

Wild Prose is a blog for people who cherish wildness. Enjoy field notes, essays, and other wild musings.

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Celebrating Wild Cats

In celebration of National Wildlife Week, Woodland Park Zoo published my post about Washington’s wild cats on their blog today. I wrote about the zoo’s efforts to document wild cats and other carnivores with remote cameras in greater Seattle and beyond—research in which I am proudly involved.

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Wild Hope for Urban Dwellers

My feature piece in the current issue of Wild Hope celebrates those bold wild animals who eke out an existence in our yards and city parks, and the passionate people who study them. “Urban Dwellers” shines a spotlight on the Seattle Urban Carnivore Project, a citizen science-driven effort, led by Woodland Park Zoo and Seattle University, to inspire city people to get to know their wild neighbors.

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