The Soil Is Leaving
Personal memory by Eve Werner
2025 CE • Chico, CA, USA
Bidwell Park, in Chico, CA, USA, was quite wild in my youth. The few trails that existed were barely wide enough for two friends to walk side by side. Now, through human-caused erosion, the trails are wide, deeply rutted swaths that consume more vegetation each year.
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