Functional Ecosystems on Private Property Excerpts from ‘Nature’s Best Hope: A New Approach to Conservation that Starts in Your Yard' – by Douglas Tallamy Download the PDF Kids in the Woods My brother Danny and I were raised on Kodiak Island, Alaska until I was 11 and he was 8. Half that time was in a log cabin on forested Island Lake and then a forested beach on the ocean. We ran wild and played as hard as we could. Tom and Huck never had it so good. Doing this instilled in us a sense of being alive and in nature which has stuck with us all our lives Connecting Kids to Nature Constructing a Tree House from the Seattle Times Where's the Best Place to Raise Children? Article by Kathryn Aalto You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem and smarter than you think. - Christopher Robin