by Hanna Paloma Hernandez The story of place, the relationship a person cultivates with a particular area over an extended period of time is alchemical; both place and soul are transformed and nourished. My roots [» Read More…]
Wilde Soul
Archive for the ‘Voices in the Wilderness’ Category
President Lyndon Johnson signs the Wilderness Act
Sept. 3rd, 1964
This series of essays is appearing in the Western News of Libby, Montana, and the Sanders County Ledger of Thompson Falls, as part of the celebration of the 50th Anniversary of the Wilderness Act, signed by Lyndon Johnson into law on September 3, 1964.
These Western Montana residents each write about their special relationship with wild places, Wilderness and wilderness, designated and not.
Slugging It Out With the Wind
By Braydan Thom, Libby High School, Class of 2017 This is the tale of my best friend and my adventure in the wilderness, fighting against the elements and coming up with a draw: We emerge [» Read More…]
Molly Walters’ essay was the best for Troy High School in 2017
Molly received $300 for her essay on “A Most Memorable Wilderness Experience.” “Falling for Falls Creek” By Molly Walters, Troy High School Class of 2017 Friends are a wonderful thing. Good ones can bring you [» Read More…]
Shey Hannum went hunting and got more than she expected!
Calling the big one in. By Shey Hannum I bet you’ve never heard a hunting story like the one I’m about to tell you; especially from a girl. This is the craziest hunting experience [» Read More…]
Trinity Wallace of Libby tied for best essay overall in the 2016 FSPW Scholarship Contest
Finding the bigger picture By Trinity Wallace I have always been captivated by nature; nature has a way of making my first-world problems seem little compared to the vast majority of the world. Any chance [» Read More…]
Makayla Cichosz-King takes us on a wild ride from long ago.
A ride on the wild side, by Makayla Cichosz-King I was very small when my grandparents took me to a horse ranch in the middle of nowhere. I had always loved horses, even if I [» Read More…]
Easy isn’t a way to a mountain lake
By Carla Parks. Dan and I moved to this paradise in the winter of 1976. I grew up on the Clearwater River in Idaho. My Dad was a packer and a guide above the Selway [» Read More…]
Voices in the Wilderness: Moose are the drama queens of the wild.
Close Encounters…. of the Moose Kind By Brian Sherry About 25 years ago, I took a couple weeks off work and went to Teton National Park, which I had briefly visited a few years earlier. [» Read More…]
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