We are social animals. We like to feel a part of something of beauty and power that transcends our insignificance. It can be a religion, a political party, a ball club. Why not also Nature? I feel a strong identity… — Bernd Heinrich Copy Share Image
For those that endure until spring, existence is reduced to its elegant essentials. — Bernd Heinrich Copy Share Image
Edward Abbey said you must brew your own beer; kick in you Tee Vee; kill your own beef; build your cabin and piss off… — Bernd Heinrich Copy Share Image
“We gauge what we think is possible by what we know from experience, and our acceptance of scientific insights, in particular, is incremental, gained… — Bernd Heinrich Copy Share Image
“When you consider life as a whole, intelligence is a mere bristle on the hog.” — Bernd Heinrich Copy Share Image
“The debate of nature versus nurture is an old one. But it is off the mark. There is no nature versus nurture. One is… — Bernd Heinrich Copy Share Image
“Planting nuts requires a vision for a future that goes beyond one’s mortal reach. If we envision ourselves as participants in the same grand,… — Bernd Heinrich Copy Share Image
“The touching of nature is, to me, more than a satisfying of my curiosity. It is the source of my wonder. Any one species… — Bernd Heinrich Copy Share Image
“Every parting gives a foretaste of death, every reunion a hint of resurrection. —ARTHUR SCHOPENHAUER, German philosopher” — Bernd Heinrich Copy Share Image
“In order to forge alliances, we first need worthy adversaries. Without adversaries, no alliances are necessary.” — Bernd Heinrich Copy Share Image
The very idea of "managing" a forest in the first place is oxymoronic, because a forest is an ecosystem that is by definition self-managing. — Bernd Heinrich Copy Share Image
Conditions are seldom ideal, and if one waits long enough for ideal conditions one is just making excuses. — Bernd Heinrich Copy Share Image
There is nothing quite so gentle, deep, and irrational as running--and nothing quite so savage, so wild. — Bernd Heinrich Copy Share Image
Spraying to kill trees and and raspberry bushes after a clear-cut merely looks unaesthetic for a short time, but tree plantations are deliberate ecodeath.… — Bernd Heinrich Copy Share Image
