Thinking like a Mountain

This is my first review here, let’s see how I do! Now that I am reviewing, I wonder how many other people are writing the same (or similar) things as I am. Before starting this brief text, one probably wonders: what does a mountain think like? This could be an example of why books have subtitles; this one’s is “an ecological perspective on earth” as you can read in the picture I copied above. The idea is that mountains are around much longer than humans (on an individual basis), and thus witness environmental change on a far greater scale. It’s up to humans to appreciate this, and conservation biology is one way of addressing related issues.

I tried to read this as a book, though it is really more like a text book, a sort of primer of conservation biology, or an extended scientific review paper. So, it felt a little too much like school or work for me, though that’s not a bad thing. I’m studying and reading this because it’s what I care about and am most interested in. Maybe it’s just that I was already familiar with much of the material, but it is still is good stuff. Grizzly bears and spotted owls are the main examples used, with a focus on the North Cascades.  “Thinking like a Mountain” is also an excerpt from the book “Ghost Bears,” which is part of Island Press’s really cool e-ssentials series. Check it out!

So, this was just a short read, but I have a lot more lined up!