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One marsh, many voices

This summer has been a tough one for recording.  With much of the mountainous west either on fire, freshly blackened from a fire, or waiting to burn, camping out in the mountains while hoping for something to record is a scary proposition.  I’ve spent most of my time sequestered away from the heat working on […]

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Back to the Gila River

The Upper Gila River ecosystem occupies a good chunk of southwestern New Mexico.  It includes the first federally-designated wilderness area, 2.7 million acres of national forest, and is home to mountain lions, black bears, elk, eagles, and Mexican wolves.  It’s been occupied by humans as long as almost any place in the country, but because

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Stillwater National Wildlife Refuge sign

Beneath Still Waters

Wildlife refuges are some of my favorite places.  Little pockets of wild that provide critical habitat, they are usually great places to see and hear wildlife.  On my frequent trips to northern Nevada, I try to get to Stillwater National Wildlife Refuge near Fallon on each visit. Stillwater is part of a complex of refuges

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The confluence of Davidson Canyon and Cienega Creek.

Where the water ends

Just east of Tucson, a collection of small creeks come together to form Pantano Wash, which winds its way through Tucson before eventually joining the Gila River, which flows across the state to the Colorado River.  Most of these little creeks only flow during summer floods or occasionally during a wet winter.  However, one of

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San Pedro River

San Pedro River Soliloquy

It whispers, gurgles, laughs and chortles, this sliver of a creek flowing north from Mexico toward the Gila River.  On this lovely day in April, the San Pedro River still flows through the sandy banks, but within a month or so it will begin to dry up, except for isolated pools and stretches near the

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