Advancing Socio-Ecological Research,
Education & Conservation that Strives to Link Academia and Society
Dr.
Christopher B. Anderson
Associate Professor – Institute of Polar Sciences, Environment & Natural
Resources, National University of Tierra del Fuego (www.untdf.edu.ar)
Research Scientist – Austral Center for Scientific Research, Argentine
National Science & Technology Council (www.cadic-conicet.gov.ar)
Adjunct Professor – Forest Resources & Environmental Conservation, Virginia Tech
University (www.frec.vt.edu)
Adjunct Professor – School of Earth Sciences & Environmental Sustainability, Northern
Arizona University (www.nau.edu/cefns/natsci/seses/)
President – Omora Sub-Antarctic Research Alliance (www.osara.org)
Mailing Address in USA – 510 Calahaln Road,
Mocksville NC
Mailing Address in Argentina – Calle Bernardo Houssay
200, Ushuaia, Argentina CP 9410
Email: canderson@alumni.unc.edu;
Skype: cbanderson1
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“You say you want to get to know the running of this
land,” Ruby said.
“Yes,” Ada said.
Ruby rose and knelt behind Ada and cupped her hands
over Ada’s eyes.
“Listen,” Ruby said. Her hands were warm and rough
over Ada’s face. They smelled of hay,
tobacco leaves, flour, and something deeper, a clean animal smell. Ada felt their thin bones against her fluttering
eyes.
“What do you hear?” Ruby said.
Ada heard the sound of the wind in the trees, the dry
rattle of their late leaves. She said as
much.
“Trees,” Ruby said contemptuously, as if she had
expected just such a foolish answer. “Just general trees is all?
You’ve got a long way to go.”
She removed her hands and took her seat again and said
nothing more on the topic, leaving Ada to conclude that what she meant was that
this is a particular world. Until Ada
could listen and at the bare minimum tell the sound of poplar from oak at this
time of year when it is the easiest to do, she had not even started to know the
place.
From Cold
Mountain, by Charles Frazier
Photo of
rhododendron in bloom in Grayson Highlands State Park, Virginia, USA