“When we talk of flood control, we usually think of dams and deeper river channels, to impound the waters or hurry their run-off. Yet neither is the ultimate solution, simply because floods are caused by the flow of water downhill. If the hills are wooded, that flow is checked. If there is a swamp at the foot of the hills, the swamp sponges up most of the excess water, restores some of it to the underground water supply and feeds the remainder slowly into the streams. Strip the hills, drain the boglands, and you create flood conditions inevitably. Yet that is what we have been doing for years.” IfsThinkingYearsHas BeensRunningWaterFeetConditionsSolutionsFlowRiversUltimateDeeperWoodsHillsStreamsExcessFloodDrainsSwampsSpongesProblems And SolutionsSolution To A ProblemDams Author:Hal Borland
“Here and there one sees the blush of wild rose haws or the warmth of orange fruit on the bittersweet, and back in the woods is the occasional twinkle of partridgeberries. But they are the gem stones, the rare decorations which make the grays, the browns and the greens seem even more quiet, more completely at rest.” SeemsQuietStonesRoseFruitWoodsWarmthOrangeHere And ThereOccasionalGemsBittersweetDecorationWild Roses Author:Hal Borland
“The most unhappy thing about conservation is that it is never permanent. Save a priceless woodland or an irreplaceable mountain today, and tomorrow it is threatened from another quarter.” TodayNatureEnvironmentTomorrowMountainEnvironmentalWoodsUnhappyPermanentQuartersConservationThreatenedPricelessIrreplaceableWoodlandToday And Tomorrow Author:Hal Borland
“To see a hillside white with dogwood bloom is to know a particular ecstasy of beauty, but to walk the gray Winter woods and find the buds which will resurrect that beauty in another May is to partake of continuity.” KnowsMayWhiteWalksParticularWinterWoodsGrayEcstasyContinuityBudWinter Woods Author:Hal Borland
“Weekend planning is a prime time to apply the Deathbed Priority Test: On your deathbed, will you wish you'd spent more prime weekend hours grocery shopping or walking in the woods with your kids?” KidsWishHoursWalkingTestsWoodsPrioritiesPlanningPrimeShoppingWeekendWish YouGroceriesDeathbedGrocery ShoppingPrime Time Author:Hal Borland
