Oregon Creek Bridge

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Oregon Creek BridgeWhen it rains it  pours gained new meaning when Boxster and I visited the Oregon Creek Bridge just outside of North San Juan in the Sierra Foothills.

Boxster Visits Oregon Creek
During a high-water season, the bridge floated downstream, was wedged parallel to the Middle Fork of the Yuba River, and only later was lifted and reset where it is today. Built in 1860, it still provides good shelter for a cup of coffee from a thermos in a storm.

Rewilding the World

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Dispatches from the Conservation Revolution

by Caroline Fraser

Metropolitan Books, 12/22/2009

ISBN: 978-0-8050-7826-8, ISBN10: 0-8050-7826-6,

6-1/8 x 9-1/4 inches, 416 pages, 1 8-pg. insert; 13 maps,

Book/Hardcover       $28.50

On sale December 22, 2009

Order: http://us.macmillan.com/rewildingtheworld

Reviewed by Pamela Biery

 

Rewilding the World by Caroline Fraser is a methodical and lyrical report on global conservation efforts to establish and preserve migratory corridors. Fraser revisits Aldo Leopold’s remarkable A Sand County Almanac essay Thinking Like a Mountain, wherein Leopold realizes that killing a predator wolf carries serious implications for the rest of the ecosystem. Fraser traces projects seeded by thought leaders like Michael Soule and Reed Noss in their landmark 1998 Wild Earth article Rewilding and Biodiversity, traveling the globe to witness and report on rewilding projects now underway in North America, Africa, Australia, Asia, Central and South America.

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More with Less

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Change is afoot. 2009 is a different kind of year, full of challenges and opportunities. My communications ‘toolkit’ is all about honing skills which allow for quick situational response, minimal investment and sure results—in other words, I am providing more basic public relations services.

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