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BETWEEN URBAN and WILD A Bur OAk BOOk Holly Carver, series editor BETWEEN URBAN and WILD Reflections from Colorado ANDREA M. JONES University of Iowa Press Iowa City University of Iowa Press, Iowa City 52242 Copyright © 2013 by Andrea M. Jones www.uiowapress.org Printed in the United States of America Design by Omega Clay No part of this book may be reproduced or used in any form or by any means without permission in writing from the publisher. All reasonable steps have been taken to contact copyright holders of material used in this book. The publisher would be pleased to make suitable arrangements with any whom it has not been possible to reach. The University of Iowa Press is a member of Green Press Initiative and is committed to preserving natural resources. Printed on acid-free paper LCCN: 2013933618 ISBN-13: 978-1-60938-187-5 ISBN-10: 1-60938-187-4 This one’s for you, Dad. CONTENTS The View from Home . . . 1 Voyeur . . . 14 First Signs . . . 22 Lay of the Land . . . 25 Where Does Your Garden Grow? . . . 39 Five Ways of Seeing a Mountain Lion . . . 42 Love Letter to a Sewage Lagoon . . . 47 Reaping an Unexpected Harvest . . . 53 A Walk in the Park . . . 57 Modern Frontier . . . 77 Tyranny of the Visible . . . 84 Contemplating the Fire Seasons . . . 99 Weed Duty . . . 103 Horse Lessons . . . 109 Picking Up the Unexpected . . . 131 Winter Outlook . . . 134 Fourmile Postscript . . . 142 A Day with Nothing More Urgent than This . . . 158 Return . . . 161 My Life as a Weed . . . 175 Acknowledgments . . . 185 BETWEEN URBAN and WILD
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