Roger Thompson is an award-winning nonfiction writer and director of the Program in Writing and Rhetoric at Stony Brook University. A former wilderness canoe guide for a Minnesota camp and the founder and director of an environmental program in Banff, AB, he currently lives in New York with his wife and son. No Word for …
An interview with Among Animals contributor Melodie Edwards (“Bad Berry Season”) Q: What inspired you to write this story? A: When I was working for the Forest Service, a bear started raiding some Dumpsters in the small mountain town where I was living, and I thought a lot about the employees who had to problem-solve …
Living in Ashland, Oregon, we’re spoiled with nature. We have deer and foxes and the occasional bear all within city limits. And you can escape people in about twenty minutes by simply lacing up a pair of sneakers and walking up into the hills. But occasionally it’s nice to get in a car and really …
Take 20 minutes. Find 20 minutes this evening or this weekend and visit this website. Bear 71 is web-based interactive documentary about a bear that lived and died in Canada’s Banff National Park. And it’s told from the bear’s point of view. I’ve included a few screen grabs here, but you really need to dive …