I’m honored to see my work included in the Best of 2019 anthology published by Rewilding Earth, whose mission is “to develop and promote the ideas and strategies to advance continental-scale conservation in North America and beyond.”

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.

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.