Rewilding Our Forests, Rewilding Ourselves: The 2025 Northeastern Old Growth Conference—A Call to Action - Lynda V. Mapes

A feature article written and read by Lynda V. Mapes.Lynda Mapes was a keynote speaker at the recent Northeastern Old Growth Conference and is the author of six books on the natural and cultural history of the Pacific Northwest. Lynda has been awarded the Washington State Book Award; the National Outdoor Book Award; and the Kavli Gold Award for Science Writing by the American Association for the Advancement of Science, one of the world’s most prestigious science writing awards. For 27 years she covered environmental news, nature and Native cultures and governments at the Seattle Times. Lynda’s newest book, The Trees are Speaking: Dispatches from the Salmon Forests, is published by the University of Washington Press.Read the full feature article and discover additional content in the Winter 2026 Issue of From the Ground Up.