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Marina Richie
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nature writer, environmentalist, poet, and author of Halcyon Journey, In Search of the Belted Kingfisher, winner of the 2024 John Burroughs Medal
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A must read from my poetic writer friend Tom Titus...

Conversation with a House
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Conversation with a House
Conversation with a House
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November 14, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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Today's the deadline to speak up to save the Public Lands Rule for the BLM. "Without this rule, 245 million acres of America’s public lands will be at risk of increased logging, mining, and oil and gas extraction. That’s an area of the U.S. larger than Portugal!" cascwild.org/actions/tell...
Tell the Feds to Keep Public Lands Rule in Place - Cascadia Wildlands
Act Now to Protect Public Lands Despite the federal government shutdown, the Trump administration’s Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is attempting to repeal the landmark Public Lands Rule. Adopted in A...
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November 10, 2025 at 8:45 PM
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Love this bookstore ! And a joy to see my book among the other fine ones. Thanks Sarah
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I love finding my friends’ books at independent bookstores! I hit the jackpot at Paulina Springs Books in Sisters, OR today.
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Congrats to my friend Tom Myers on his newly released “Birds of the Pacific Northwest For Kids”! A blue book with a Steller’s Jay on the front sits on a shelf next to a pink book with a trillium on it. Jeff VanderMeer’s “Absolution” is out in paperback with some wonderful cover art! A black book with a trippy alligator and other distorted shapes. I strongly recommend my good friend Rebecca’s book, “Flight Paths”, about the fascinating history of the study of bird migration! The cover features a flock of birds against the sky. Marina Richie’s book “Halcyon Journey” is a wonderful read. The cover features a Belted Kingfisher, the subject of the book.
October 20, 2025 at 3:49 AM
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I'm attending No Kings's event, “Mass Call: What's Next After No Kings?” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...
Mass Call: What's Next After No Kings? · No Kings
No Kings will be massive, powerful, and meaningful - but it won’t be the end of our work. Join movement leaders and fellow local activists after the big day to come together, celebrate what we accompl...
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October 19, 2025 at 7:24 PM
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No kings only kingfishers, kinglets, and kingbirds!
Rally in Bend, Oregon, drew thousands ….
#nokingsday #birders
October 19, 2025 at 2:57 AM
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Sauntering with Thoreau in Oregon. My new post-
Thoreau in spirit will be with us tomorrow at No Kings!

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Sauntering with Thoreau in Central Oregon
The sun waves a casual wand, casting aureate rays on summer’s fading green. In the Turquoise Forest of ponderosas at the edge of a seven-thousand-year-old lava flow, I follow the slant of October l…
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October 17, 2025 at 6:17 PM
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I'm attending No Kings's event, “NO KINGS Bend Oregon” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...
NO KINGS Bend Oregon · No Kings
SAVE THE DATE AND STAND BY FOR MORE DETAILS AS WE PLAN THIS DAY OF ACTION AND RESISTANCE! (Note: Location and time subject to change) **In America, we don’t put up with would-be kings.** Our peacef...
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October 7, 2025 at 2:43 PM
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Ready for a Cascade of Butterflies? Always there are lessons to apply to the times we are in--when do we camouflage and when do we spread our bright wings wide? And isn't it time for an irruption of millions who care about our planet and Democracy? See my new blog: marinarichie.com/2025/09/24/a...
A Cascade of Butterflies
A Gift of Autumn Equinox Wes and I are canoeing on Elk Lake in the company of thousands of California tortoiseshell butterflies. Like flying embers, they cross the sparkled and breezed waters with …
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September 24, 2025 at 11:22 PM
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Countdown to submitting your comment by Friday, Sept. 19 to show your love for roadless areas. Oppose the move to rescind the Roadless Area Rule of 2001. Share your comments with Congressional reps and your governor, too.
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Joseph Canyon, Marina Richie photo
September 15, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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Speak up for Roadless Areas--the Heart of Wild America.
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Save the Heart of Wild America
“A road is a dagger placed in the heart of a wilderness” – William O. Douglas, Supreme Court Justice from 1939 to 1975. Where the roads end, wildness begins. The clock is ticking for all who care a…
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September 1, 2025 at 2:19 AM
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Kingfishers Out Loud

For your listening pleasure-- 9 1/2 minutes.

Teaser quote: "Seeking kingfishers near rippling or tranquil waters, worries tend to mist away."

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#birder #kingfisher #beltedkingfisher #rivers #halcyonjourney
Kingfishers Out Loud
August marks the coming deadline for delivering my new book manuscript to Chelsea Green Publishing. That leaves little space for writing new blogs. Since summer can be a dreamy time to read outdoor…
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August 12, 2025 at 1:28 PM
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Conserve roadless areas to protect the wilds. Read my letter to the editor in the Oregonian: www.oregonlive.com/opinion/2025...

@oregonwild.bsky.social #roadless #climateforest #wilderness #badgercreekwilderness #stoptrump
Readers respond: Conserve roadless areas to protect the wild
Letters to the Editor can be submitted to letters@oregonian.com with full name and place of residence.
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August 11, 2025 at 3:25 PM
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So true. (And with real cheetos taped to the poster). From Bend, Oregon's Fight Fascism Rally, August 2nd. #fightfascism
August 4, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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Wild birds are solace. As I write, my eyes flick to fluttering wings--Black-headed Grosbeak, Mountain Chickadees, Rufous Hummingbirds hovering, sunflower-bright Lesser Goldfinches, & Red Crossbill juveniles at the water baths. I've injured my hamstring and rely on closeby nature. Do you?
#birder
August 2, 2025 at 12:05 AM
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A Rufous Hummingbird is a fireball. Two in the air are dervishes! We love that they have nested within our tangled native yard. Fact: The Rufous Hummingbird makes one of the longest migratory journeys of any bird ( measured by body size). #birder #hummingbird #migration
(photo: Marina Richie)
July 30, 2025 at 11:11 PM
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Hope for renewal, the meaning of legacy, words about my father ,Dave Richie, and gratitude for the Appalachian Trail Conservancy and MountainTrue.

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#appalachiantrailconservancy #mountaintrue #hurricanehelene #bigtree #birder #appalachiantrail
The Dave Richie Tree Survived Hurricane Helene
Earlier this summer, I received an email from Josh Kelly of MountainTrue that resonated on a deep personal level: Hi Marina, I accompanied the ATC crew to treat the trees at Moffett Laurel Botanica…
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July 28, 2025 at 1:54 PM
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Endangered Marbled Murrelets link marine reserves to protected old-growth forests. Their fate is our fate. I saw and heard my first murrelets flying into the wild forests at Cape Perpetua last week—citizen survey. Life changing ! Thanks Bird Alliance of Oregon. #birder #marbledmurrelet
July 27, 2025 at 2:09 PM
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While I love to see people reading my book outdoors by a stream, river, pond, or lake, or bay with kingfishers... the audiobook version is on sale.
If you're seeking Halcyon Days tranquility/peace/ myths of transformation/ memoir:
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#kingfisher #birder #audiobooks
50% OFF Halcyon Journey: In Search of the Belted Kingfisher
Winner of the 2024 John Burroughs Medal for Distinguished Natural History Writing More than one hundred species of kingfishers brighten every continent but Antarctica. Not all are fishing birds. Th...
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July 15, 2025 at 1:10 AM
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I'm attending John Lewis Actions's event, “GOOD TROUBLE LIVES ON:” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/john-lewis-a...
GOOD TROUBLE LIVES ON: · John Lewis Actions
Rally at Peace Corner to make some Good Trouble--there will be chanting! There will signs! There will be calls to action beyond this event! Join 50501 Central Oregon and Indivisible Bend as we once...
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July 14, 2025 at 3:34 PM
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Lewis's Woodpeckers are nesting in ponderosa snags within a nearby forest. The parents are tireless in feeding and guarding their young. This photo by fellow observer Michelle Kellogg shows a parent feeding wax currant berries to the chicks. We could learn lessons from birds on parenting.
#birder
July 13, 2025 at 8:04 PM
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This is a critical New York Times OpEd to read after the tragic floods in Texas!
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Written by my friend Tim Palmer--river champion and author of a must-read book. Order one for your library: Seek Higher Ground: The Natural Solution to Our Urgent Water Crisis.
Opinion | Stop Building in Floodplains
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July 13, 2025 at 7:29 PM
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Interdependence Day Revisited
Six years ago I wrote this post, Interdependence Day: Time for a New Celebration that begins: This July 4th morning I woke, contemplating why Interdependence Day resonates more than Independence Da…
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July 4, 2025 at 5:39 PM
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I found hope and renewal last weekend while helping with a postfire bird survey in beloved Opal Creek.

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Opal Creek Ancient Forest: Abundance After Wildfire
The word “abundance” is on the tip of our sweetened tongues. Melt-in-your-mouth blackberries burst from the native vines twining along the ground. Lazuli Buntings are singing their hear…
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July 1, 2025 at 12:27 PM
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Thanks for reading on a Friday! It's all so urgent to save the wilds.
#roadless #wilderness #savewilds, #protectwilderness #publiclands

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Roadless Forever!
Save the Heart of our Public Lands
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June 28, 2025 at 12:17 AM
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Message from the kingfisher! Fireworks endanger birds. Be responsible on July 4th. Let's make good trouble instead and protest to save birds, public lands, wilderness, and all we hold dear.

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No Fireworks Allowed On Beaches Or State Parks
Oregon State Parks welcomes Fourth of July celebrations, but fireworks and explosives are strictly prohibited within Oregon State Parks and the entire ocean shore. Park staff encourage visitors to cel...
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June 25, 2025 at 5:56 PM