I was thrilled to have a short essay published in Orion Magazine this week. Enjoy contemplating the strange accommodations we make when wildlife returns. Read more at "Prune a Tree, Save a Bear." Credit: Andrzejuk Bartosz
A Fish, A People, and A Tale of Resilience
“So, what's your dream, Robert? How do you imagine things five, ten, or twenty years from now?” I was standing on a beach moistened by the steel grey waters of Washington's Puget Sound. Next to me was Robert Elofson of the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe. Elofson is a long-time employee of the Tribe’s Natural Resource …
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How Much Should We Interfere in the Lives of Wild Animals?
The wildlife recoveries I tracked in Tenacious Beasts offer lessons from conservation success stories. Some species need only one thing from us: STOP KILLING THEM! This is true of whales, beavers, wolves, and many others. Once we stop killing them, the species returns rapidly. Other species require considerable intervention to help them return. California condors, …
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Remembering Tokitae: What Killer Whales Can Teach
Penn Cove is a tranquil scoop of ocean situated on the eastern flank of Washington’s Whidbey Island. Douglas fir and Sitka spruce ring the cove giving its shores the signature, emerald hue of the Pacific Northwest. The town of Coupeville presides over the southern edge of the three-mile bight. The restaurants and shops on one …
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Changing Perceptions of the Wolf
The wolf is a lightning rod in discussions about wildlife recovery. Theodore Roosevelt called them "beasts of waste and desolation." If you can have a conversation about the wolf and not raise any tempers, you are doing well. When I had to pick the animal that would open my new book, Tenacious Beasts, I swallowed …
Newstalk Interview on Tenacious Beasts
Jonathan McCrea interviewed me for Newstalk in Ireland about my new book, Tenacious Beasts. This 15 minutes of listening gives you a sense of what I was trying to achieve. I found out today the book is going into a second printing already. People like to hear about wildlife successes, it seems! Enjoy Jonathan's FutureProof …
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