Putting Things Back Together

by Rick Bass

Considering Wallace Stegner on the centennial of his birth.

One Block

Photographs and text by Dave Anderson

Can a neighborhood in New Orleans put itself back together?

Walks around the World

by Tomas Espedal, Manik Datar, Homero Aridjis, Saİt Faİk Abasiyanik, and Yuri Rytkheu

A good walk is a conversation between the walker and the environment, and here we present five "walk" pieces in translation, fiction and nonfiction, by Tomas Espedal, Manik Datar, Homero Aridjis, Sait Faik Abasıyanık, and Yuri Rytkheu, published in collaboration with the online magazine for international literature Words without Borders.

Ambassador of Fruit

by Alec Wilkinson

Idaho reminded Esmaeil Fallahi of Iran. Now he's helping its growers diversify their farms with surprising fruits like jujube and persimmon.

Pulverized

by Jay Griffiths

What has silenced the language of stones, and why should we want the stones to speak?

Bucking a Stiff Ebb Tide

Text and photographs by Roger Pinckney

Off the Carolina coast, it's still possible to make a real living from real fishing.
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CSI Oregon Caves

by Alison Goin

48,000 annual visitors cause one heck of a lot of aftermath deep in the Oregon Caves

Silence Like Scouring Sand

by Kathleen Dean Moore

Defending the pitter-patter, the swish, and other rarely considered natural resources.

Connecting Through Song

by Erica Wheeler

A singer-songwriter connects people to place

With the Lapps in the High Mountains

Translated by Barbara Sjoholm

This early text about the nomad reindeer herders tells of the year that Emilie Demant Hatt, a Danish painter, spent among the Sámi of northern Sweden in 1907-1908.

The Fatherland of Apples

by Gary Paul Nabhan

A nonagenarian botanist fights for the wild apple forests of Kazakhstan

Going to Ground: Britain’s Holloways

by Robert Macfarlane

They were at one time the busiest of routes, but now they are among the wildest niches of Britain

Gray Thunder: Listening to Elephants

by Cyril Christo
Photographs by Cyril Christo and Marie Wilkinson

Elephants are speaking to us. Is anyone listening?

A Swamp Forest Grows in Brooklyn

by Ginger Strand
Photographs by Kenta Nagai

A New York dance troupe secretly used an abandoned urban reservoir as their studio.

Managing the Trees of Arlington Cemetery

by Elizabeth Redden

A fine collection of old trees poses some interesting issues for those managing them.

Weeder

Photos and text by Jon Edwards

A decades-long working relationship with the slippery rocks of the Maine coast.

Of Blood and Bone

by Joe Wilkins

The cycle of birth and hard life and death

Serenading Belugas in the White Sea

by David Rothenberg

Photographs by Anna Koivisto

A clarinetist ventures forth to make music with the white whales of the White Sea

Heritage Roses

by Susan M. Miller, Cherry Valley, NY

A new garden brings butterflies, birds, picnickers, and a revived sense of identity to a historical town.

Don Berto’s Garden

by David G. Campbell
Illustrations by Molly Bang

The plants of the ancient Maya whisper their secrets to those who speak a shared language.

Self-Portrait as Revealed by Trash

For 365 days, every time Tim Gaudreau threw something away, he photographed it.

Gathering Berries

by Aleria Jensen

Gratitude in the muskeg

Losing Home

by Melissa Holbrook Pierson

Place is physical before it is emotional, which is why losing one feels like a punch in the gut.

Regenerative Design

by Amy L. Seidl, Huntington, VT

LivingFuture and Teal Farm are modeling sustainability by mimicking and creating living systems

Condo Picchu

by Robert Michael Pyle

Are those cozy coastal clusters of condos signs of social cohesion or extreme maladaptive behavior?