Nature at home

From the canyons of city skyscrapers to mountain wilderness, we are a part of nature. Nature is inside us too, we are all made of nature.

Learn how to bring the healing power of nature to your yard, balcony or community space. Read nature, tend to soil, add native plants, sprinkle with water and the pollinators and birds will come!

Tips and stories to create habitat where you live:

DIY Garden Habitat Design

If you like to step outside on summer days and see butterflies, birds and bees, then consider creating a patch in your garden for these critters. The main components of habitat are shelter, water, food and spaces to nest and rest. Winter is a great time to dream and design your garden habitat patch. All…

Your Nature

What was nature to you as a child? Was nature a park, backyard, farm, summer camp, a favorite tree or distant forest? Looking back, nature to me was where I hid for solitude, peace and relief from the chatter of humans. Growing up I shared a big bedroom with my two sisters. My family belonged…

Salmon Season

You are the hands of my father filleting steaks, smell of alder in the smokehouse, roar of a diesel engine chugging upriver, ocean salt melting in my mouth. Where the salmon run, I am home.

Wolf OR-7 Expedition

1,200 miles retracing the remarkable journey of an ordinary wolf. In 2014, I had the opportunity to retrace the remarkable journey of an ordinary wolf and catch the stories of people learning to live in wolf country once again. In September 2011, a young wolf left his pack in NE Oregon and within a few…