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Downstream: Reflections on Brook Trout, Fly Fishing, and the Waters of Appalachia

Downstream: Reflections on Brook Trout, Fly Fishing, and the Waters of Appalachia

Downstream traces the native brook trout of the Appalachians. It's about clean water, because we all live downstream.

2014

Bill McKibben, et al.

Bill McKibben, David L. O'Hara, et al.

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A Word Of Advice For Leaders

Don’t be afraid of good ideas from below your rank

Nov 22

A Word Of Advice For Leaders

Nov 22

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“Why Are You Still Here?”

People often ask me, “Why are you still here?” Here’s my answer.

Nov 26

Bright road signs that say “No Maintenance” and “No Travel Advised” in front of a road that is covered by tall grasses, with a bare tree in the background and a gray sky.

Nov 26

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Inside Higher Education, Looking Out

How I am working out my vocation right now, and where it might be leading this professor

Dec 6

View from a stone window in a Civilian Conservation Corps building atop Sandia Crest, looking west over Albuquerque and the Rio Grande. Photograph by David O’Hara and copyright 2024.

Dec 6

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Better Humans

How to Find Your Calling

Break up the big question of what to do with your life into three smaller questions, and include at least one friend as you answer them.

Nov 25, 2022

Three overlapping circles on a chalkboard. Each circle has text. One circle says “What you would like your story to be.” The second circle says “What you do well.” The third says “What you enjoy.”

Nov 25, 2022

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How I Came to Love Insects

I carry a hand lens everywhere these days.

Dec 23, 2022

Black and orange butterfly with white spots on green leaf.

Dec 23, 2022

What I Saw at NeurIPS 2024

Lots of genius, and not much ethical reflection

3d ago

Tall buildings lit up at night in the background, with boats on the ocean in the foreground.

3d ago

Artificial Intelligence and Religion

Reflections from the 2024 NeurIPS Conference

Dec 13

Dec 13

“So, How’s The Sabbatical Going?”

Trees along the Rio Grande. During my sabbatical I’ve been traveling when I can.

Nov 13

“So, How’s The Sabbatical Going?”

Nov 13

Why All Saints’ Day Matters To Me

That stranger next to you might be a saint someday

Oct 22

Why All Saints’ Day Matters To Me

Oct 22

What Are You Building With Your Life?

What we build shows what we love.

Oct 11

Photo of the mountains near the Cook Inlet in Alaska. Layers of blue-toned mountains with clouds lying low between them. Copyright 2024 David L. O’Hara, Ph.D.

Oct 11

David O’Hara

David O’Hara

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Professor of Philosophy, Classics, Religion, and Environmental Studies. Author of several books. Saunterer. Prefers to teach outdoors. Studies fish and forests.

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