Christine Luckasavitch is an Omàmìwininì Madaoueskarini Anishinaabekwe (a woman of the Madawaska River Algonquin people) and belongs to the Crane Clan. She is the owner / executive consultant of Waaseyaa Consulting and Waaseyaa Cultural Tours, two small businesses dedicated to reviving and celebrating Indigenous traditional knowledge and culture-based practices through educational opportunities, as well as executive director of Native Land Digital, an Indigenous-led nonprofit dedicated to providing educating about Indigenous peoples, territories and knowledge systems across the world.

Fallingwater; sibobi; It must be the brook / Can trust itself to go by contraries; In you is the argument of freedom; as free to come and go as the zephyr; We push through / the falling / silky weight; The river just showed through the trees; and the current will unlearn us; This stone tells the story of what happened here; They are always en route to / Their own nothingness; The tongues of water, creeping in, quietly; All streams flow to the sea; My soul has grown deep

Dr. Heather Goldstone oversees Woodwell Climate Research Center’s communications activities, bringing the rich stories of Woodwell scientists to diverse public audiences. Dr. Goldstone has extensive experience as both a scientist and a journalist, and she is passionate about melding data and narrative in climate change stories that build awareness and inspire action.

Pileated woodpeckers far off, ducks startled to flight; wingbeat of a great blue heron, squawking herons; sparrows chipping, orioles across; twig snap; territorial kingfishers, red squirrels; passing goldfinches; catbird mew, singing chickadees, blue-headed vireos; fish touching the water’s surface, distant crows and cars; goldfinches in call and response; barking red-bellied woodpeckers, robin cuckoo, cardinals; insect chirr, and some unnamable bird calls

Listen to Jenna Rozelle’s “Lay of the Land” from our forthcoming issue 01 / Summer 2021 print journal. Jenna is a wild foods educator, writer, and outdoor enthusiast. She offers guidance to people and businesses who want to safely and ethically incorporate wild foods into their lives. She lives in southwestern Maine, where she and her husband care for their homestead and plant nursery Thickery Pricket Farm.