I have worked here since 2011 telling stories of the Earth as preparation for a history of the Intermontane Grasslands of Central Cascadia and the rainswept coast that keeps them windy and dry. Now I am presenting this history, step by step, as I have learned it, often from the land itself. The history of this region includes the Canadian colonial space “The Okanagan Valley”, which lies over the land I live in above Canim Bay. The story stretches deep into the American West, into the US Civil War, the War of 1812, and the Louisiana Purchase, as well into the history of the Columbia District of the Hudson’s Bay Company. In all, the story spans the Chilcotin and Columbia volcanic plateaus and the basins that surround them. In this vast watershed lie homelands as old as 13,200 years (Sequim) and 16,200 years (Salmon River.) That’s how far we are walking together here, who are all the land speaking.
Okanagan Okanogan 
wow! lovely
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It was such a great little surprise. I wanted to see if the desert parsley came before the cat tails, in terms of survival food, or after them … long before! Even the balsam roots are doing their thing while the cat tails slumber on. And then there it was, the dogwoods were simply full of light in the sun, with this lovely cattail frost. I just had to share!
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Saved aas a favorite, I love your web site!
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Thanks, Stefanie!
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