03/01/2011
“Clean may not always be green where Wind Power is concerned” was distributed by Bay Journal News Service, March 2011.
Choose from one of the following media categories to read my previously published writing work.
07/01/2011
An identity crisis at my age? “Becoming Appalachian” was first published in the Winter/Spring, 2011, issue of Appalachian Journal, then reprinted with photos in poet and naturalist Dave Bonta’s Blog, via negativa, July 2011.
“The Fall, 2010 issue of Appalachian …
09/26/2011
Southern Appalachian Celebration: In Praise of Ancient Mountains: Old-Growth Forests, and Wilderness
Published by University of North Carolina Press, 2011.
Southern Appalachian Celebration was created in collaboration with photographer James Valentine. The world’s most famous biologist, Dr. E.O. Wilson of Harvard University, says: “No book of my experience has ever caught the natural beauty and richness of southern Appalachia with greater
11/01/2012
“Exurban Cowboys Pen in Biodiversity” was distributed by Bay Journal News Service, November 2012.
“When the husband and I bought wooded acreage in the Virginia mountains 30 years ago, we thought we were part of the Back to the Land movement. …
03/01/2013
“Snug and Smug with Solar Power: Keeping on the Sunny Side of Storms” was distributed by Bay Journal News Service, March 2013.
05/01/2013
“Hidden in the Hollows: My Frack-finding Weekend in West Virginia” was distributed by Bay Journal News Service, May 2013.
“A shiny new drill rises like a monument to risk-taking in the view from Diane Pitcock’s porch; its low rumble, like a …
02/01/2014
Original essay written in 2014 describing changes in former East Germany since I first visited there in 1991.
…“Don’t worry about the land mines,” said Holger Galonska, district forester for the former East German
04/01/2014
“Of Wilderness and Water: The Fate of the George Washington National Forest” was distributed by Bay Journal News Service, April 2014.
“‘This is the heart of why I work for Wilderness,’ said Lynn Cameron, …
10/01/2014
This article was commissioned by the Society of American Foresters and published in the SAF’s The Forestry Source.
“‘It’s the trip …
11/01/2014
“Citizen Voices Protected George Washington National Forest” was distributed by Bay Journal News Service, November 2014. Won second prize in 2015 Virginia Outdoor Writers Association Excellence in Craft Contest, Column Category (see related link above for 1st place).
“Living next door to the 1.1-million acre George Washington National …
12/01/2014
“Parasitic Pipelines Worm Way Through Earth” was distributed by Bay Journal News Service, December 2014. It also won 1st place in the 2015 Virginia Outdoor Writers Association Excellence in …
02/01/2016
“Our Million-Plus Acre Backyard Commons: Triumphs and Tragedies” was distributed by Bay Journal News Service, February 2016.
“There’s no grill in my big back yard, no …