American Wilderness: Back to the Future in Vallejo
Environmental groups gathered in downtown Vallejo over the weekend to mark the 50th anniversary of the Wilderness Act, to ponder the meaning of the word and to filter the concept...
Author Archives: Jonah Raskin
Jonah Raskin is the author of Field Days: A Year of Farming, Eating, and Drinking Wine in California.
Award-Winning Filmmaker Discusses Upcoming Wilderness Anniversary
Filmmaker Steve Dunsky usually spends his time behind the camera not in front of it. Now and then, however, he steps into public view. As one of the main creative...
A “Big Birder” on Sonoma Mountain
He's big, he's tall and he's an obsessive birder. WhyTed Eliot can't get birds out of his head.
Recording the Sounds of Nature with Acoustic Ecologists
Nature sounds make up the rich soundscapes of redwood forests, marshes, and our backyards.
Reviving the ghost of Aldo Leopold in West Marin
Aldo who? Mid-century environmental ethicist Aldo Leopard is finally going mainstream this year with more publicity than ever about this life and work.
The Forager’s Dilemma
Just a century ago, foraging for wild foods would have been unremarkable--part of daily life for many people. That's not true today, but foraging is making a comeback, with ever...
