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Alan Townsend

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Pugger

I flew to Oklahoma to get him. The flat where he was born was above a Tulsa veterinary clinic, and it housed a chaotic perpetual motion…

May 4, 2024

Pugger

May 4, 2024

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Thank You Ernie and Dan

As a scientist, I’m prone to seeing the phenomena of our world through a mechanistic lens. A breeze was blowing on my morning bike ride…

Jun 3, 2023

Thank You Ernie and Dan

Jun 3, 2023

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Bedrock

In the summer of 1978, just a year into my lifelong obsession with fly fishing, I badgered my father to take three trout-addled middle…

May 10, 2020

Bedrock

May 10, 2020

Bedrock

In the summer of 1978, just a year into my lifelong obsession with fly fishing, I badgered my father to take three trout-addled middle…

May 10, 2020

Bedrock

May 10, 2020

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Farewell to an Unmet Friend

I took up the guitar as I approached fifty and my wife faced her impending death. Angel from Montgomery was the first song I could truly…

Apr 8, 2020

Farewell to an Unmet Friend

Apr 8, 2020

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Angles of Repose

The maximum slope, measured in degrees from the horizontal, at which loose solid material will remain in place without sliding.

Oct 27, 2019

Angles of Repose

Oct 27, 2019

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Lies We Tell Ourselves

An iron wrought deception marks the entrance to Auschwitz 1. Arbeit Macht Frei. It did no such thing for unfathomable numbers of pyjamaed…

Dec 10, 2018

Lies We Tell Ourselves

Dec 10, 2018

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The Bad News We Need

A joint piece in Scientific American in response to the latest IPCC report, from all of us involved in Let Science Speak. Please follow…

Oct 19, 2018

The Bad News We Need

Oct 19, 2018

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Let Science Speak

This project challenged me to dig deep and open up for the importance of science as never before. To learn more, please visit the Let…

Sep 22, 2018

Let Science Speak

Sep 22, 2018

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The Community We All Choose

Why I left a great job in a top R1 institution to help lead a small liberal arts college. Published in Inside Higher Education.

Jul 19, 2018

The Community We All Choose

Jul 19, 2018

Alan Townsend

Alan Townsend

Dean, Franke College of Forestry and Conservation, U Montana. Dad. Writings on the environment & sustainability, and on cancer, loss & hope.

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