"Gary Paul Nabhan is a first-generation Lebanese American. [He] is an Agricultural Ecologist, Ethnobotanist, Ecumenical Franciscan Brother and author whose work has focused primarily on the plants and cultures of the desert Southwest." Source: www.wikipedia.com Stephen Trimble teaches writing in the Honors College and Environmental Humanities program at the University of Utah. . .[He has] a distinctive voice as a humanities-based naturalist. . ." Source: www.steventrimble.net/bio
Robert Michael Pyle, author of 'The Thunder Tree,' wrote of this work, saying, ". . .a ditch somewhere--or a creek, meadow, woodlot, or marsh. . .These places of initiation, where the borders between ourselves and other creatures break down, where the earth gets under our nails and a sense of place gets under our skin. . .Everybody has a ditch, or ought to. For only the ditches and the fields, the woods, the ravines--can teach us to care enough for all the land."

Collection of essays. My favorite was Learning Herps . . . but enjoyed them all. ( )

why children need wild places

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