🌱 Rewilding Nature Fix

Hi friends,

It’s been a while—about five months, in fact—since I last sent anything out. The truth is, I wasn’t entirely sure what I wanted to say with this publication. I knew I wanted to share my photography and thoughts on nature and conservation, but the direction felt... scattered.

Since then, I’ve done some thinking, wandering, and wondering. What’s emerged is a clearer, more rooted focus that I’m genuinely excited about.

Going forward, this newsletter will explore how we can rewild the places we call home—and connect more deeply with nature right where we live.

We spend so much time thinking of nature as someplace we have to visit, but here’s the thing: you don’t need to live near a national park to witness wildness. The chickadee in the field park the street, the native bee visiting your rabbitbrush, the milkweed pushing up through sidewalk cracks near the man-made canal—this is nature. And we can make space for more of it.

This idea feels especially urgent here along Colorado’s Front Range, where development is reshaping the landscape at a rapid pace. As new homes, roads, and shopping centers replace fields and forests, wildlife gets squeezed into ever smaller corners. It’s time we learn to share our space with our wild neighbors—not just in parks and open spaces, but in our yards, neighborhoods, and even on our balconies and window boxes.

🐦 Everyday Wild
Seasonal observations and photo notes from my own neighborhood and beyond. These will highlight the quiet beauty and surprising drama of life just outside our doors.

🌼 Wild Your Yard
Practical, approachable tips for creating habitat in your yard, sidewalk strip, or patio—even in the middle of suburbia or urban areas. Think native plant how-tos, small rewilding projects, and ideas for welcoming more birds and pollinators and learning tolerance for some species you might find resistable.

🍃 Tiny Stories
Short, interpretive reflections that explore the emotional and symbolic connections between people and the natural world. These are little invitations to slow down and notice.

🏡 Rewilding Together
Profiles, projects, and community stories from folks making room for nature in all kinds of creative ways—volunteer rewilding county & urban openspaces, neighbors planting together, schools restoring habitat, or individuals creating their own habitat.

My hope is to spark a deeper connection with the land we already live on—and with the wildness that still exists right outside our doors.

I’m excited to grow this community together.

Finally, I want you to join the conversation!
What’s caught your eye or sparked a question in your local patch of nature? Reply and share!

Heather