Slick Mapping
Take note, Gulf Coast: After the Exxon Valdez oil spill in Alaska, coastal managers embarked on an ambitious mapping project to monitor and protect the state's shores. A short article from Nature Conservancy Magazine, Summer 2010.
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Clustershucked!
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
More than 80 percent of oyster reefs are in severe decline due to overfishing and habitat loss, which spells bad news for coastal water quality and marine life, not to mention our future appetites on the half-shell. A short article from Winter 2009.
Two Birds in the Bush
Saturday, June 13, 2009
The discovery of a new species of flycatcher in Bolivia came about through research on the wintering habits of other migratory birds, including the threatened cerulean warbler. I wrote a short piece on the birds for the summer 2009 issue of Nature Conservancy Magazine, but unfortunately didn't get to go to the Yungas to check out the wildlife in person.
Weed Warriors
Sunday, March 1, 2009
Tamarisk is a water-sucking, salt-adding invasive plant that is causing serious damage and changes on Western rivers. In Fall 2008, Nature Conservancy Magazine sent me to Telluride to report on foresters and others reclaiming one stream from tamarisk, the culmination of a multiyear eradication program.
My Summer Diversions
The Moth Podcast
Weekly installments of first-person stories, told without notes, which frequently bring laughs and/or tears in under 15 minutes
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Baseball:
Can't Anybody Here Play This Game? by Jimmy Breslin
Breslin's book on the '62 Mets, baseball's worst team ever, is clever and cutting, and it sets up the historical backdrop for forlorn Mets fans
The Natural by Bernard Malamud
The scene between Roy and Iris swimming in the lake stands out. A deeper, darker story than Redford's film
Baseball History Podcast
Host Bob Wright is a baseball nerd's nerd, and I've already learned the origin of stadium tailgates, batting gloves and baseball fantasy camps
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TED
"Riveting talks by remarkable people," which are sometimes wonky, but usually enlightening
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Greek food and Ouzo
With much inspiration coming from Susanna Hoffman's The Olive and the Caper, a 2004 narrative cookbook that encourages healthy consumption of fennel, feta and olive oil
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All Over But the Shoutin' by Rick Bragg
A great nonfiction book integrating Bragg's upbringing in rural Alabama with his experiences and lessons from journalism
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"Bored to Death"
The latest, greatest series from HBO...but it might be a little too close to home
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Mike Birbiglia: "What I Should Have Said Was Nothing"
Self-deprecating humor at its finest, with plenty of sports, family, drugs and wildlife jokes along the way
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Horseshoes
Ready to get my ringer on this summer
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Sunday, June 20, 2010
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