Natural Stories
John ClaytonNature is story; stories are our nature
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I failed at the solitude of literacy
Wilderness — great place to read a book? (John Clayton photo)
At the trailhead, my heart sank. Other cars! It was a late-winter gray day, with temperatures in the lower 40s Fahrenheit. It had been more than a week since the last storm, and...
The good news that true, challenging stories bring us
This week’s story is a conversation with author Joe Wilkins. Joe has published award-winning poetry, memoir, and fiction, and is perhaps best known for his extraordinary recent novel The Entire Sky. Next week is Publication Day for his nonf...
Why feeding Yellowstone bears was necessary, even heartwarming history
A Yellowstone scrapbook from the Open Parks Network: click here to zoom in at the source.
When I arrived in Montana in 1990, there was a “business” in my small town that had a chained bear patrolling an empty lot. I guess you could pay mon...
Bigshots were the worst offenders in last century’s Yellowstone bear-feeding
The scrapbook image above features lots of photos of 1920s Yellowstone superintendent Horace Albright feeding bears. He feeds bears from outside rather than inside his car. He feeds bears by holding a snack high in the air. He demonstrates...
The appalling stories of early 20th century tourists feeding Yellowstone bears
A Yellowstone scrapbook from the Open Parks Network: click here to zoom in at the source.
From the 1920s through the 1960s, people were wild for feeding bears in Yellowstone. The chief reason to visit the national park was to have a bear...
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John Clayton is the author of books including Natural Rivals, The Cowboy Girl, and Wonderlandscape. His weekly newsletter Natural Stories tells stories about people in nature.
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