Silent Spring

On the southern coast of Maine is a wildlife reserve named after famed biologist and environmentalist Rachel Carson. 

In her seminal work, Silent Spring, she warns of the lingering effects of using DDT, particularly on the migratory bird population. Application of such pesticides, under the guise of boosting agricultural harvests, she feared would decimate the avian population, rendering our world silent of their warbles, caws, and chirps.

The land that bears her name is filled with salt marshes, estuaries, barrier beaches, and forest. Deliciously silent of everything but the sound of the rushing tide, the birds, and the joyous heartbeats of those lucky enough to wander through......

"For as the shore configuration changes in the flow of time, the pattern of life changes, never states, never quite the same from year to year." – Rachel Carson