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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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...
Spring Fling
Spring has long been my favorite season, primarily because the weather is so mutable. This week we topped 70 degrees, had fog and rain and a few sunbreaks, and some classic days of gray. Even better was the return of green as plants rioted...
Dinosaurs Among Us
Birds are dinosaurs. “This is one of the greatest achievements in the history of paleontology,” writes Steve Brusatte, in his splendid new book, The Story of Birds: A New History from their Dinosaur Origins to the Present. Tracing the evolu...
Salmon, the Locks, and the Ship Canal
A few weeks ago I had the pleasure of launching my newest book, Seattle’s Locks and Ship Canal: A History and Guide. Written with my friend and Executive Director of HistoryLink.org, Jennifer Ott, the book tells the stories of one of the mo...
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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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