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Tag Archives: conservation
Passing the Founders’ Rod
Some thoughts on what it means to pass along the Founders’ Rod (the fly rod on loan to me for one year by the Slate Run Sportsmen): At the spring meeting of the Slate Run Sportsmen at Slate Run, PA, … Continue reading
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Tagged coexistence, conservation, fly rod, Founders' Rod, headwaters, heritage, lovely reed, pass on, peace, Slate Run Sportsmen, split-cane bamboo, wildness, William Blake
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A Century Gone
The passenger pigeon was once the most abundant wild bird in North America and, perhaps, in all the world. It’s been said that more than a quarter of all the birds in North America in the 1800s were Ectopistes migratorius, … Continue reading
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Tagged Aldo Leopold, birds, community, conservation, extinction, freedom, habitat destruction, history, local history, mobility, nature, old ways, overhunting, passenger pigeon, pollution, sense of place
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