Tag: conservation
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A conversation beneath the Sterling Oak in Sterling Heights, Michigan It’s the hottest afternoon of the year so far, and I’m sitting in the deepest shade I can find along this part of North Van Dyke. Under the Sterling Oak, my senses quickly take everything in. The bark feels thick and worn, like armor covering…
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The Sterling Oak is still standing.Still rooted.Still waiting. And it is not waiting alone. Surrounding it are other landmark trees — quieter, less well known, but no less a part of the landscape — all tied to the same uncertain fate. Years after their future first came into question, nothing has been fully decided —…
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In 1875, the Overland Monthly magazine published the words of John Muir’s observations and musings about the relationship between human civilization and nature in the column Wild Wool, a theme established by his own words of intention, “To obtain a hearing on behalf of Nature from any other standpoint than that of human use is…