Margaret Renkl and Ken Burns: On America's First Conservationists

[@lindacarter3898]

I am such a fan of both Ken Burns and Margaret Renkl. I live in Nashville, as she does, and enjoy her writing - I just bought The Comfort of Crows- her other books and her New York Times column. Thanks for sharing her with those who do not know her

[@Woodthrush]

This was an excellent and inspiring exchange. I have been a longtime champion of my backyard wildlife but I truly reclaimed my soul from corporate life when I moved to my cabin in the mountains. Nature heals us. We must forever honor and protect Nature's gifts. Thanks to both of you for your continued effort to open hearts and minds.

[@tubehound8]

Wonderful point that we have lost the art of slowing down and waiting for the natural world to reveal itself. Thank you

[@captainez]

Patience is a virtue, along with scientific procedure, and finding what you need...

[@carolyngarman1422]

I was a feral child also. We had 175 acres, our driveway was 3/4 mile long, so we could run around all day on our land and never see any people when we were kids (Appalachian Mtns of VA). We didn't have TV or telephone, but we had tree, plant, bird, insect, butterfly, and moth identification books. All my vacations have involved camping to be in nature, like going to Bosque Del Apache to see the sandhill and whooping cranes dance.

[@tlrinn]

Such a wonderful episode!

[@Dawnabrat]

Where I live people bought tons of bird food. Not necessarily for the birds. Most was for the bear. Watching live videos and pictures with a mama bear and her young. Lots of deer videos and other animals. Not sure it's a good plan to feed bear intentionally but lots of people do.

[@marwar819]

On eugenics, could it be that compassionate people in America were seeking to eliminate suffering? Maybe the story isn't the negative rhetoric that gets told about it. The Holocaust isn't the same as Americans who wanted to stop poverty and suffering.

[@marianwhit]

Spot on...every horticulturalist and farmer practices eugenics every day...yet we cannot talk about it. We may NEED to do it to evolve with climate change.

[@GreenHombre]

I hear as an evironmentalist she is Vegan right? I have been both for 30 yrs.Environmentalist animal eaters are ..well.

[@marianwhit]

Environmentalist animal eaters understand our evolutionary history and that we are tertiary predators...opportunistic omnivores. Do away with the demand for meat and you do away with the cycle of poo that nourishes our soil...humans certainly don't do that...we'd be better off if we could figure out how to be a part of the cycle again. But I don't have a rumen, and a relatively short digestive tract. We all need to work for improvement in any way we can...but consider this...agriculture is the MOST ecologically destructive thing you can do, especially if plowing is involved. Make your own choices, but realize us being sanctimonious with each other gets us...nowhere.