Meander Scars: Reflections on Healing the Willamette River
Abby Phillips Metzger, "Meander Scars: Reflections on Healing the Willamette River"
English | ISBN: 087071726X | 2013 | 176 pages | PDF | 3 MB
English | ISBN: 087071726X | 2013 | 176 pages | PDF | 3 MB
Abby Phillips Metzger’s book of personal stories recounts a forgotten Oregon river, the Willamette, as it was before white settlement. Once a rich network of channels and sloughs, the Willamette today bears the scars of development and degradation.
Yet, through canoe trips and intimate explorations of the river, Metzger discovers glints of resiliency: a beaver trolling through a slough, native fish in quiet backwaters, and strong currents that carry undertones of the wild Willamette. Together with tales from farmers and scientists alike, these experiences lead Metzger to ask whether something scarred can fully heal, and whether a disjointed river can be whole again.
A story of re-discovery as told by a learner,
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