Island Press Field Notes

Congratulations, you made these laughing gulls laugh!

This bear is excited to learn about landscape architecture this weekend from its den outside the Colorado Convention Center.

Ecological restoration is inspirational in the sense that you connect with the earth in a new or different way. I find that I reflect on the history—or what I believe to be the history—of the place I am working. My mind wanders to how this place has gone through changes. Did a stream flow through here, were populations of deer, elk, or bison ever present? Did Native Americans alter the site, use it for supplies, harvest food?

Post by Dan Yablonsky, reposted from the Alliance for Biking & Walking's blog with permission.