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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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I still believe.

In an earlier post I wrote about this question people often ask me:

Jan 11

Bumblebee feeding on the yellow blossom of a maximilian sunflower in the late fall. Brown grass in the background, and slender, lance-like green leaves branch out behind the single flower. The bee’s wings are tattered at the end of the season, and its head is buried in the flower, seeking food.

Jan 11

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Word of the Day: Huachicolero/huachicoleo

Jan 10

Word of the Day: Huachicolero/huachicoleo

Jan 10

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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, 2024

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, 2024

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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’s a Mussel Worth?

Jan 8

Auto-generated description: Four freshwater mussel shells are arranged on icy ground next to a person’s hand for scale.

Jan 8

Word of the Day: Stammtisch.

Jan 8

Jan 8

Eagles and Swans on the Missouri River

Jan 7

Eagles and Swans on the Missouri River

Jan 7

Nature journaling with zigzag books

Jan 5

Nature journaling with zigzag books

Jan 5

Sunrise hike along the river this weekend

Jan 5

Sunrise hike along the river this weekend

Jan 5

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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