Blog contributors welcome

Originally I wanted to use this blog to update folks on the monitoring initiatives in the Columbia River Basin, but I realized there's a greater opportunity here. An opportunity for those that are passionate about glaciers in the basin to write/blog about them whichever way they please. This was inspired by a conversation I had with my dear friend studying the cryosphere (snow and ice) in Scandinavia, as well as, this quote from Bob Sandford's book Water, Weather and the Mountain West:

            We have to use art, literature and popular culture, grounded in solid science, to inspire in the public imagination a new sense of pride in what we possess in terms of ecological wealth [glacier health] in the mountain West and why it is important to our future.

           

            We need to articulate a simple but sensible ecosystem ethic and communicate it outward in a way that will constantly reinforce local understanding of the value of what we possess in the mountain West that is unique to where and how we live.

I invite all of you to send glacier-related:

ART

    COMICS
         POETRY
             STORIES
                  PHOTOS
                      MEMORIES
                          QUESTIONS
                               COMMENTS
                                    FRUSTRATIONS
                                         ETC.

Send to jhirose@gmail.com and I will post your glacier inspiration. If requested, anonymity will be granted.

Think hard...
Why do you love glaciers?
Why do you want to preserve them?
Why do you want to know more about them?

I look forward to hearing from you.

Happy trails and lines,
Jocelyn

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