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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Feeling the Burn

When we first checked this camera a year ago, Robert and I completed the trip in three days—allowing ourselves no cushion to explore the surrounding wildlands. Sometimes we’re so busy chasing photos of carnivores that we forget to stop and smell the lupine. We vowed to build in a little extra time this year…

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Discovering Lynx Country

Growing up in New England, I had two mental images of Washington. The first featured the Space Needle, a spaceship perched upon a tall, skinny building. The second consisted of lush green mountains that dropped dramatically to the sea. I never knew of the other Washington…

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Ready, Set, Gulo!

Field season. For most of the wildlife biologists I know, this term is packed with emotions, from worry and panic to excitement and pride. By the time we’re finished, the balance has tipped toward the latter. Otherwise, we wouldn’t keep doing what we do.

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Welcome to Wild Prose

My first book was a cautionary tale about a community of crickets who overslept one lazy summer afternoon, precipitating panic among the local townspeople—who noticed that something in their world had gone terribly wrong.

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