Stand By Me
Maybe it’s because the word refers to the ultimate oblivion, or maybe it’s because most of us think of polar bears stranded on melting...
Tally Ho
Since the inception of the National Park Service 100 years ago, individual parks have kept lists of what animals and plants live in them....
Nature: The Brand
Doug Tompkins, prematurely deceased at age 72 by way of a kayaking accident, leaves a cadre of older conservationists behind, many of...
Time’s Flaming Arrow
A little more than a week ago I drove into Yosemite National Park for a week-long, California Master Naturalist immersion course. I was...
Precarious Ark
The title is a bit of a sledgehammer. Would you guess that The Annihilation of Nature: Human Extinction of Birds and Mammals is a...
Here and Now
“Here and Now” would seem to direct one’s attention to the present, but the past is not far behind in this inspiring film made by the Bay...