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Bathsheba Demuth

@brdemuth.bsky.social

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Writer & environmental historian of cold places, now writing about the Yukon River. Author of FLOATING COAST. Prof at Brown University. Post mostly about animals, Arctic things & books. Heart is on a dogsled. #envhist #naturewriting

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Bathsheba Demuth @brdemuth.bsky.social · Aug 15

“Deep relationship is a sensation of the particular, held in the eager tilt of a lead dog’s ears before a run or the feel of an old scar left by a salmon’s tooth.”

An essay on the mighty but sometimes overlooked chum salmon & dogs & rivers & love

#envhist #rivers
www.nybooks.com/online/2025/...

Where the Dogs Run | Bathsheba Demuth

The best days to work a salmon net are dry and bright. Bankside willows tilt from summer green to autumn gold. Light wind, no longer warm, riffles the

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Bathsheba Demuth @brdemuth.bsky.social · 12d

I’m very lucky to work with Myles, and am so excited to hear him talk about his amazing new book in a few weeks!

Institute at Brown for Environment & Society (IBES) @brown-ibes.bsky.social · 12d

Join IBES for a Family Weekend book talk! Asst Prof Myles Lennon will discuss his new book, Subjects of the Sun, in a conversation moderated by Assoc Prof @brdemuth.bsky.social.

Oct 18, 10-11am, 85 Waterman St & online
events.brown.edu/ibes/event/3...
@brownanthro.bsky.social @brownhist.bsky.social

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Bathsheba Demuth @brdemuth.bsky.social · 17d

Thank you Liesbeth! I hope you enjoy the book

Bathsheba Demuth @brdemuth.bsky.social · 17d

Thank you Cathryn!!

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Bathsheba Demuth @brdemuth.bsky.social · 26d

Jeepers the bad just keeps compounding. This is awful

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Eva Holland @evaholland.bsky.social · 27d

Something good: a new, nonprofit newsroom run by some wonderful, experienced folks (core crew from Outside mag's glory days) dedicated to journalism about American public lands! Looks like the plan is to collaborate a fair bit with other outlets.

RE:PUBLIC

INDEPENDENT JOURNALISM FOR PUBLIC LANDS.

www.republic.land

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Bathsheba Demuth @brdemuth.bsky.social · 27d

Oh this is good!!!

Bathsheba Demuth @brdemuth.bsky.social · 29d

@cetracey.bsky.social I’ve just read a few pages bit they sing

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Bathsheba Demuth @brdemuth.bsky.social · 29d

@lancerichardson.bsky.social I’m entranced!!

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Bathsheba Demuth @brdemuth.bsky.social · 29d

Alaska reentry has its ups and downs but amazing reads are an up.

Book covers of Lance Richardson’s True Nature and Caroline Tracey’s Salt Lakes

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Prism @prismreports.org · Sep 4

“The Yukon River has a right to feed its own animals & its land.”

Alaska Natives are fighting for the right to manage the Yukon River & save the remaining salmon stocks for future generations, before their way of life dies off with the salmon, Alyssa Choiniere reports.

Alaska Natives fight for right to fish salmon, manage Yukon River

Before government intervention, Native stewardship maintained salmon stocks, providing physical and spiritual nourishment

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Alaska Beacon @alaskabeacon.com · Sep 5

Alaska Natives, barred from king salmon fishing, fight for their right to manage the Yukon River, reports Alyssa Chioniere for @prismreports.org via @alaskabeacon.com

Alaska Natives, barred from king salmon fishing, fight for their right to manage the Yukon River | Alaska Beacon

Alaska Native communities along the Yukon River are fighting for the right to manage the river and save the remaining salmon stocks for future generations, before their way of life dies off with the…

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Bathsheba Demuth @brdemuth.bsky.social · Sep 5

Truly. It’s not even popular in many parts of Alaska (going beyond the father pat opposition from “environmentalists and Alaska Natives” in this article). And it doesn’t mention that Ambler Metals is not exactly an Alaskan company— Canada is as usual with mining all over this.

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Daegan Miller @daeganmiller.bsky.social · Aug 26

I guarantee that you're not going to do anything better today than to carefully read this essay on dogs, salmon, and mushing (which, like all good essays, is really an inquiry into existence) by @brdemuth.bsky.social in @nyrb-imprints.bsky.social. Extraordinary. www.nybooks.com/online/2025/...