5 min
Natural Selections: How nature journals put the history in natural history Natural Selections
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Martha Foley has never succeeded in keeping a nature journal long-term, but Curt Stager finds them invaluable in his work. He records his observations on paper, but also finds great data through researching the journals of past observers, from Samuel de Champlain to Thomas Jefferson, to ordinary little-known North Country folk.
His hint - always put it on paper. Whatever became of all that stuff on your floppy diskettes?
Martha Foley has never succeeded in keeping a nature journal long-term, but Curt Stager finds them invaluable in his work. He records his observations on paper, but also finds great data through researching the journals of past observers, from Samuel de Champlain to Thomas Jefferson, to ordinary little-known North Country folk.
His hint - always put it on paper. Whatever became of all that stuff on your floppy diskettes?
5 min