Open Spaces — Voices from the Northwest

From science and policy to medicine and music, from salmon management to storytelling, from land use planning to long-term memory, from marine reserves to mountaineering, Open Spaces reveals the innermost secrets of life in the Pacific Northwest, where one can live a full and meaningful life within the larger framework of the natural world.

Reviews

“This should be required reading for everyone, particularly those charged with stewarding this region into its next century.”
— Ethan Seltzer, Professor of Urban Studies and Planning, Portland State University

“These are writers who speak from deep knowledge of the Northwest and the land that has shaped our character.  Open Spaces is a gift for us all.”
— Molly Gloss, winner of the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Award

“There could be no better tour guides than the impressive group of authors in this collection, who represent some of the most thoughtful observers about finding our proper place in the world.”
—Janet Neuman, Professor of Law, Lewis and Clark Law School

“The essays and articles were unusually intimate, smart, thoughtful, artful and deeply connected to key regional issues.”
—Gretchen Legler, High Country News

“For the past thirty years or so, the Pacific Northwest has been recognized widely for the range and quality of its belles-lettres. A highly readable collection of essays, poems, reflections, and stories, Open Spaces will burnish the region’s literary reputation.”
—John M. Findlay, Oregon Historical Quarterly

Contributors

Bruce Babbitt
Richard P. Benner
Linda Besant
Emory Bundy
Jeff Curtis
John Daniel
Bob Davison
Sandra Dorr
Angus Duncan
David James Duncan
Tom Grant
Stephen L. Harris
Denis Hayes
Roy Hemmingway
Thomas F. Hornbein
William Kittredge
Jane Lubchenco
Kathleen Dean Moore
Lee C. Neff
James Opie
Diarmuid F. O’Scannlain
Jarold Ramsey
Richard Rapport
Eric Redman
William D. Ruckelshaus
Robert Sack
Edward W. Sheets
Scot Siegel
Kim Stafford
John Struloeff
Ann Ware
Charles Wilkinson

Where to Buy

University of Washington Press