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Posted 14 April 2021 - 11:45 PM
Salmon: A Fish, the Earth, and the History of Their Common Fate
The author writes, "If we can save the planet, the salmon will be alright." I believe the inverse is worth considering, if we can save the salmon, the planet will be alright. I hold no hope for either outcome but wonderful books like this one allow me to still dream.
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Posted 15 April 2021 - 02:02 AM
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Posted 15 April 2021 - 10:47 AM
Tony That looks like a very interesting book on Moss/life... as does the book on Salmon. WTW ... the gift that keeps on giving. Thanks
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Into the Great Empty
Posted 15 April 2021 - 01:36 PM
Salmon: A Fish, the Earth, and the History of Their Common Fate
The author writes, "If we can save the planet, the salmon will be alright." I believe the inverse is worth considering, if we can save the salmon, the planet will be alright. I hold no hope for either outcome but wonderful books like this one allow me to still dream.
Ski, I share your view. Ten years ago, or more, I had thought what we were doing with salmon recovery efforts was protecting as many fragments of salmon populations as possible. Sort of like putting messages in a bottle and sending them on to a wiser and more caring future. I don't think that way anymore. But I do have confidence in the power and persistence of life to fill empty ecosystem niches with interesting and wonderful creatures after we humans are gone.
Tony That looks like a very interesting book on Moss/life... as does the book on Salmon. WTW ... the gift that keeps on giving. Thanks
Rob, this book, Gathering Moss, is one of the few to books I have ever read that set me firmly on a new course in life. Heck, I now have a rolling library cart filled with botany books in the dining room along with a pretty nice stereo microscope. Fortunately my lovely wife has long been a plant enthusiast, so she tolerates both with a smile.
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Posted 15 April 2021 - 03:56 PM
Salmon: A Fish, the Earth, and the History of Their Common Fate
The author writes, "If we can save the planet, the salmon will be alright." I believe the inverse is worth considering, if we can save the salmon, the planet will be alright. I hold no hope for either outcome but wonderful books like this one allow me to still dream.
Thanks for the recommendation - it's on my wish list.
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Posted 15 April 2021 - 04:49 PM
Tony my sister was head of the Botany department U. Cal in Riverside... she has been my teacher of all things growing. I get a photo daily from her walks. Thank heavens I took Latin in JHS and HS. Living in the Northeast, our forests are filled with mosses lichens and non flowering plants. The variety is nuts... Mushrooms here as well are prolific with all the moisture and rotting wood. As I type it is pouring ...then tonight 8-10" snow.... then back to rain. A real mess but out of it amazingly very delicate things grow. Yesterday I was seeing all the trout lilies on the trail just coming up and realized this year the yellow violets were already up.
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Posted 15 April 2021 - 05:29 PM
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Into the Great Empty
Posted 15 April 2021 - 11:26 PM
Thanks Rob
Very helpful having a sister that is a world class botanist! You may find this guy interesting: https://www.youtube....nyDoesnt/videos
He is very learned and interesting, if a bit free with his language and candid about us fellow humans. Has posted videos about botany from all around the US, as well as Australia, Chile, Mexico and latest from Hispanola. He also throws in some geology from time to time. Pretty amazing for a train locomotive driver who is a self taught scientist.
Tony
I like the magazine. I don't know of anything like it here in the west.
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Posted 16 April 2021 - 03:05 PM
The Light In High Places by Joe Hutto. " A Naturalist Looks At Wyoming Wilderness, Rocky Mountain Bighorn Sheep. Cowboys, and Other Rare Species".
I've been reading books about Wyoming history, geology, and wildlife in preparation for our trip to the Winds and found this book to be beautifully written and insightful.
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Posted 26 May 2021 - 03:13 PM
FYI there is a new book published. Oregon Rocks - A Guide to 60 Amazing Geologic Sites by Marli Miller. I just received my copy and I think it is great. Good for those with a casual interest in rocks, yet it includes some detail information for the geology nerd. Following is a link to an interview with Marli Miller regarding this book. Enjoy.
GSOC Meetup May 2021 2 Dr Marli Miller - Bing video
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