Street Smart Naturalist: Explorations of the Urban Kind
David B. WilliamsA free newsletter and podcast oriented toward building stronger connections to place through stories of human and natural history in the Pacific Northwest
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Of Ditches and Fantastic Fishes
Over the past two weeks I have had the pleasure of visiting some less-than-favorable habitat. The first was a sort of pond under crackling power lines, the second a straightjacketed creek in the middle of a farmer’s field. Both times I was...
My Wife: The Rattlesnake Dowser
Last weekend we ventured over the Cascade divide to the dry, east side of our fair state. We spent three nights in a sort of modified shed at Rimrock Lake, about 10 miles east of White Pass. Saturday morning, we woke to snow covering the tr...
Mount St. Helens: 46 Years After the Big Blast
As has happened every year since 1981, we in the PNW noted the anniversary this week of the eruption of Mount St. Helens. At 8:32 AM on May 18, 1980, the mountain erupted for the first time since the 1850s. We couldn’t see the eruption from...
How Not to Harness a River
A poured concrete block the size of a Sprinter van is not something one normally finds in a river. Even less likely is finding an additional 21 such blocks strung across the length of a half mile wide flood plain. But such a location exists...
An Urban Scavenger Hunt
With spring in the air and more and more people getting out and enjoying the loveliness, I thought I’d return to a scavenger hunt I put together several years ago. Not surprisingly, it’s a bit dorky but I hope that you will enjoy it and per...
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I am a writer, historian, and tour guide focused on the intersection between people and landscape, particularly in the Pacific Northwest.
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