Ready for a Cascade of Butterflies? Always there are lessons to apply to the times we are in--when do we camouflage and when do we spread our bright wings wide? And isn't it time for an irruption of millions who care about our planet and Democracy? See my new blog: marinarichie.com/2025/09/24/a...

Countdown to submitting your comment by Friday, Sept. 19 to show your love for roadless areas. Oppose the move to rescind the Roadless Area Rule of 2001. Share your comments with Congressional reps and your governor, too. www.regulations.gov/commenton/FS... Joseph Canyon, Marina Richie photo

Speak up for Roadless Areas--the Heart of Wild America. marinarichie.com/2025/08/31/s... @oregonwild.bsky.social @birdallianceoregon.bsky.social @biologicaldiversity.org @wilderness.org @nationalwildlife.bsky.social @sierraclub.org @greatoldbroad.bsky.social @audubon.org @earthjustice.org

Kingfishers Out Loud For your listening pleasure-- 9 1/2 minutes. Teaser quote: "Seeking kingfishers near rippling or tranquil waters, worries tend to mist away." marinarichie.com/2025/08/12/k... #birder #kingfisher #beltedkingfisher #rivers #halcyonjourney

Conserve roadless areas to protect the wilds. Read my letter to the editor in the Oregonian: www.oregonlive.com/opinion/2025... @oregonwild.bsky.social #roadless #climateforest #wilderness #badgercreekwilderness #stoptrump

So true. (And with real cheetos taped to the poster). From Bend, Oregon's Fight Fascism Rally, August 2nd. #fightfascism

Wild birds are solace. As I write, my eyes flick to fluttering wings--Black-headed Grosbeak, Mountain Chickadees, Rufous Hummingbirds hovering, sunflower-bright Lesser Goldfinches, & Red Crossbill juveniles at the water baths. I've injured my hamstring and rely on closeby nature. Do you? #birder

A Rufous Hummingbird is a fireball. Two in the air are dervishes! We love that they have nested within our tangled native yard. Fact: The Rufous Hummingbird makes one of the longest migratory journeys of any bird ( measured by body size). #birder #hummingbird #migration (photo: Marina Richie)

Hope for renewal, the meaning of legacy, words about my father ,Dave Richie, and gratitude for the Appalachian Trail Conservancy and MountainTrue. marinarichie.com/2025/07/28/t... #appalachiantrailconservancy #mountaintrue #hurricanehelene #bigtree #birder #appalachiantrail

Endangered Marbled Murrelets link marine reserves to protected old-growth forests. Their fate is our fate. I saw and heard my first murrelets flying into the wild forests at Cape Perpetua last week—citizen survey. Life changing ! Thanks Bird Alliance of Oregon. #birder #marbledmurrelet

While I love to see people reading my book outdoors by a stream, river, pond, or lake, or bay with kingfishers... the audiobook version is on sale. If you're seeking Halcyon Days tranquility/peace/ myths of transformation/ memoir: www.audiobooks.com/promotions/p... #kingfisher #birder #audiobooks

I'm attending John Lewis Actions's event, “GOOD TROUBLE LIVES ON:” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/john-lewis-a...

Lewis's Woodpeckers are nesting in ponderosa snags within a nearby forest. The parents are tireless in feeding and guarding their young. This photo by fellow observer Michelle Kellogg shows a parent feeding wax currant berries to the chicks. We could learn lessons from birds on parenting. #birder

This is a critical New York Times OpEd to read after the tragic floods in Texas! www.nytimes.com/2025/07/12/o... Written by my friend Tim Palmer--river champion and author of a must-read book. Order one for your library: Seek Higher Ground: The Natural Solution to Our Urgent Water Crisis.

I found hope and renewal last weekend while helping with a postfire bird survey in beloved Opal Creek. marinarichie.com/2025/06/30/o... #opalcreek #wildfire #wildfirerenewal #birds #birder #merlinapp #savingwilds #oldgrowth #ancientforest #wilderness #beachiecreekfire @oregonwild.bsky.social

Thanks for reading on a Friday! It's all so urgent to save the wilds. #roadless #wilderness #savewilds, #protectwilderness #publiclands marinarichie.substack.com/p/roadless-f...

Message from the kingfisher! Fireworks endanger birds. Be responsible on July 4th. Let's make good trouble instead and protest to save birds, public lands, wilderness, and all we hold dear. www.oregoncoastbreakingnews.com/post/no-fire...

I believe how we treat nature and how we treat people are closely linked. Thanks for stepping up to save our public lands. #juneteenth #savepubliclands #selwayriver #isafriveralive @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social substack.com/home/post/p-...

I just called my reps with @5calls.org, you should too: 5calls.org

marinarichie.com/2025/06/17/s... #savepubliclands #publiclands #wildrivers #birder #birds #naturewriting #photography #selway #wildriver #wilderness

Lewis's Woodpeckers teach us what we need to save--big trees and lots of snags. These radiant fly-catching migratory woodpeckers are affiliated with burned forests too. I watched a nesting pair this morning near our home, south of Bend, Oregon. #birder #birds #ornithology #birding #saveforests

open.substack.com/pub/morethan... Please read!!! Critical post on the Antiquities Act under attack. Contact your representatives and amplify this post. Who are we as Americans if we are willing to destroy our national parks and monuments and public lands for greed?

A Belted Kingfisher hovers in place above Coos Bay, Oregon. She beats her wings hard and steady, facing into the headwind barreling from the Northwest at 25 mph. I face the wind to find inner calm and to focus. When the wind is at my back, I fly fast and free. Kingfisher is my teacher. #addbirder

Listen to Wilderness. Rejuvenate. Tap into our greatest power of Love to resist.

Inspiration in the Wilderness. Let us Protect the Wilds. It's always been hard--but we have what those with greed do not--the power of LOVE. See my latest blog from backpacking in Badger Creek Wilderness. #oregonwild #backpacking #wilderness marinarichie.com/2025/05/31/s...

They might be poems, koans, or drifting feathers falling from the stars. I'm inhaling the Spring, looking back to gain the strength for this moment. Hug a tree. Breathe in wild vanilla. Know that life is a maze and a spiral. marinarichie.substack.com/p/the-maze-a...

Who Has Landed On Your Roof Today? marinarichie.com/2025/05/21/w...

I just called my reps with @5calls.org, you should too: 5calls.org

SAVE OUR ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT! NONE OF US CAN LIVE WITHOUT A HOME. MAY 19 is the deadline to comment to save the Endangered Species Act from a deadly proposal to change the definition of "harm" to not include a bird or animal's habitat. Say NO! www.regulations.gov/commenton/FW...

I'm attending National Wildlife Federation's event, “Virtual Rally to Save the Cornerstone of Conservation Science” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/nwf/event/79...

Time for 5 calls--every day. "Endless Pressure Endlessly Applied"--Brock Evans. Stop Congress's reckless budget that's selling off OUR public lands to give billionnaires permanent tax cuts and Trump a huge military parade. 5calls.org

Check out my substack post--Save the Endangered Species Act. open.substack.com/pub/marinari...

May Day! Resist. The living planet supports every worker. Trump's first 100 days have been a nightmare. But we ARE pushing back. Let's keep it up. Our Earth is so dang beautiful and worth fighting for! Here are new poems on my website: marinarichie.com/2025/04/30/s...

JOIN IN TAKING ACTION TODAY! The Trump admin wants to plunder our forests. Urge Congress to keep our forests standing. Forests are essential to thriving ecosystems and community health. Forests are worth more standing than logged. dogwoodalliance.org/actions/keep...

My poem "Awake Before the Dawning" appeared today in Ms Magazine at the end of "This Week in Women's Representation This is the Grande Ronde Valley. You will want to read the whole column! msmagazine.com/2025/04/04/w... @cynthiarterrell.bsky.social @msmagazine.com @representwomen.bsky.social

Get ready for April Poetry Month! Offering poems I've written this past month in the spirit of resistance, activism, desire, renewal, and the power of love. marinarichie.com/2025/03/31/s... #aprilpoetrymonth #poetryofresistance #mapping #ekphrastic #deschutesriver #handsoff

BREAKING: Ruling in favor of environmental and Gulf-based groups, a federal court found a 73-million acre offshore oil and gas lease sale in the Gulf of Mexico held by the Interior Department two years ago.

So many of us want this reality . Let’s get our story out to the world and save our ancient forests and wild rivers and endangered species and public lands.

A woman's life-long work and science contributions come to light. Here's to women in science and to holding up ALL SCIENCE under threat from Musk/Trump autocracy. #womeninscience #savescience #representwomen #newyorkstatemusem #fundmuseums #scienceliteracy www.nytimes.com/2025/03/25/s...

First Day of Spring calls for ... A River Brimming with Life-- Finding hope in this fraying world-- marinarichie.com/2025/03/20/r...

My new post on Substack: marinarichie.substack.com/p/tattered-f... @thirdactorg.bsky.social @billmckibben.bsky.social @hcrichardson.bsky.social @dworkin.bsky.social

I miss Jesse Colin Young! He offered-peace in the world, returning to nature, and yes--coming together. I saw him in the redwoods back in 1980ish. Playing Morning Sun Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/17/a...

President Trump’s orders pose a direct threat to our wildlife. "Industry can’t stand that their ability to profit is sometimes limited by the need to protect wildlife that has been on earth for millions of years”- Drew Caputo, Earthjustice VP of Litigation

Today, my father Dave Richie would have turned 93. I'm proud of his National Park Service career--from assistant superintendent of Mt. Rainier to project manager of the Appalachian Trail. He would protest with the rest of us! For inspiration, see: marinarichie.com/2018/07/27/d...

Looting our last ancient forests and driving endangered species to extinction is more than a crime …it’s evil. Stand up !!

Trump orders swathes of US forests to be cut down for timber

No More Kings Day Protest Bend Oregon 300 plus people showed up. Outrage. Resist Now.