"Conservation crews have helped plant and seed thousands of native trees and other vegetation. Salmon have responded in kind."

'The treaty tree is dying, but the people who have lived near this river off and on for nearly 10,000 years are not. That, in itself, is a miracle of sorts to Mr. Frank. "Hey, how about this," he said. "We're alive!" He clapped his hands and laughed." www.nytimes.com/1992/11/26/s...

"Nijs says being able to ring the doorbell fills people with a “positive feeling,” and many people have told her about the calming effects of watching the canal’s fish. But the biggest benefit has been for the fish themselves."

The first Salmon Berries are blossoming. They follow the Oso Berries. I can't recall who is next.

"Deep in Admiration" was a talk given at the conference Anthropocene: Arts of Living on a Dangerous Planet at UC Santa Cruz in May 2014. The text appears as the foreword to the collection Late in the Day: Poems 2010-2014.

"The great rivers flow below mountain streams. and the streams come willingly, carrying what the mountains cannot hold. The valley asks for nothing, In its stillness, it holds the hidden places where life is abundant" - Rod, of Heron Dance The Lowly Hidden Places share.google/FymHUUWbueS1...

Rooted in Place

Woot! ...or maybe that should be, hoot?

"With simple, poetic lines, The Weedy Garden: A Happy Habitat for Wild Friends invites young readers to imagine they’re the animals in a garden: “If you’re a bumblebee” or “a slender green snake” or “a tired turtle.”

"Park insiders and nonprofit leaders interviewed for this story see it differently. They believe the administration’s new tool and guidance are part of a broad attempt to control the nation’s narratives by rooting out stories that feel threatening or inconvenient and silencing critical voices..."

"I metabolize fact into story and, in doing so, discover daily reminders that the unifying tale of nature is one in which I am excited to play a part. In turn, paying attention becomes rewarding and worthwhile...I embrace fun and fantasy with intention."

Things change. Salmon swam their full journeys up the Klamath River in more than a century. - Rebecca Solnit

"Even in all the madness, the world keeps offering us these little proofs: that imagination is not just escape; it’s a bridge. And sometimes the strongest bridges are built out of nothing at all."

“Life is a garden, not a road. We enter and exit through the same gate. Wandering, where we go matters less than what we notice.” —Kurt Vonnegut

Lawsuit Seeks Records on Trump’s Extinction Plan “Americans want to live in a country where animals and plants on the brink of extinction get the protections they need to survive. The Trump administration is hiding information about its efforts to gut these protections”

"The 1920’s saw brutal efforts to eliminate Jewish religion and leave it with only a secular cultural identity, explaining why my grandmother learned in Yiddish that there was no God." 1200 Years of Jews in Ukraine | Rebyehoshua share.google/aiYX3EKwOCGb...

"Illustrations for an article that argues that despite the fame the fascinating animals of the Galapagos have earned, it was really the archipelago's plants that inspired most of Darwin's ideas on evolution." Gaby D'Alessandro share.google/psd4yGHWVx9J...

“There are big things we can’t control—climate change, pesticide use, global insect declines,” Silver says. “But we can help at the nesting-site level. That’s where individuals can make a difference.” This Woman Is Saving New England’s Swallows, One Clay Nest at a Time share.google/6HA2f1GZNRic...

I am weeping to see their faces, listening to the polite interactions... Coffee, hot chocolate, donuts - such small, simple kindness as a short break from the madness.

I had so missed the stars!

"The order prohibits retaliation, arrests without probable cause, the use of pepper spray or crowd-control weapons, and vehicle stops made without reasonable suspicion. It also makes clear that simply monitoring or following ICE from a safe distance does not justify a stop or detention." - Alt Parks

“As an American, I never thought I would see federal agents in masks jumping out of unmarked cars and grabbing people off our streets,” Ferguson said during the speech. “Let’s get that legislation to my desk immediately.”

The Witness "...This painting is an act of protest. The dog saw. The world saw. We are responsible for what we do with that knowing. If this speaks to you, sharing is one way of bearing witness." Ken Gorczyca, DVM Veterinary Death Doula and Artist Www.Kengorczyca.com

"These Sustainable Garden Trends Have One Thing in Common... They work with nature instead of against it. They save water, support wildlife, reduce maintenance, and create landscapes that age beautifully."

Seema Patel painted this for us all. aphotoathought.blogspot.com

We must do better. We can do better, together. "In a world where trust between law enforcement and communities is vital, BlueBridge provides a unique solution: enabling officers to offer immediate, short-term assistance to struggling individuals they encounter while on duty."

I have seen the video too... How is this happening in our country? This is what happens without empathy, when the other is viewed as the enemy. Any road back from this is rough and long. How can we, each of us, begin?

“Nothing really convinced people or didn't really change their attitude that much until we started talking about this stuff, which is the monogamy,” he says. “And it's weird, but you can just see the people in the audience, their faces change.”

“Find a fall, or cascade, or rushing rapid, anywhere upon a clear stream, and there you will surely find its complementary Ouzel, flitting about in the spray…The Ouzel never sings in chorus with other birds, nor with his kind, but only with the streams.” -John Muir

1/1/2025 Kwish-kwishee, Steller's Jay "...People have been using birds to divine the future for centuries. In Greco-Roman times, augurs would use bird sightings, behaviors, or even their cut-open entrails, to make major decisions. The origin of the word auspicious means to “look at birds.”

“This bill protects the remote wilderness we treasure while ensuring access where it is essential for livelihoods, recreation, emergency response, and cultural practices. Protecting our natural resources also means protecting local economies, livelihoods, and Tribal Sovereignty.”

'We need to try to see things from the dog’s point of view, and to show empathy and compassion to both parties in this relationship. Where is home for a dog? It’s in the relationship with their human. The rest is unimportant."

Wise words, well illustrated MUTTS Comics share.google/cQQ0TivSs8Hi...

"The dog genes identified by the team do not lead directly to any specific behaviour or emotion – rather, they influence behavioural regulation or broader emotional states." “...you might have a bit more empathy if you know they’re genetically driven to feel sensitive and anxious”

“The entire training protocol...were first finely tuned with ten humans using the desktop Portable Operant Research and Teaching Lab (Hunter & Rosales-Ruiz, 2023) with the purpose of minimising stress with respect to the care for animals.” jabaat.org/home

She is speaking directly to all of us. Our actions matter.

Thank you, MaryAnn Thank you, Charles

“Training built on trust lasts,” Coleman adds. “When we work with a dog instead of against it, we aren’t necessarily teaching obedience. We’re building connection, confidence, and communication in both dogs and their owners.”

"A little more than a year after the historic removal of four hydroelectric dams on the Klamath River, California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) scientists are seeing salmon reoccupying just about every corner of their historic habitat."

"The Listen Up Collaborative, as the project came to be known, has collected more than 400,000 recordings...The data will help guide habitat restoration work, with the goal of drawing diverse animal species, mitigating fire risk and bolstering forests’ resilience in the face of climate change."

There is much mushrooming in my neighborhood.