Bathsheba Demuth
@brdemuth.bsky.social
Writer & environmental historian of cold places, now writing about the Yukon River. Author of FLOATING COAST. Prof at Brown University. Post mostly about animals, Arctic things & books. Heart is on a dogsled. #envhist #naturewriting
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Bathsheba Demuth
@brdemuth.bsky.social
· Aug 15
Where the Dogs Run | Bathsheba Demuth
The best days to work a salmon net are dry and bright. Bankside willows tilt from summer green to autumn gold. Light wind, no longer warm, riffles the
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“Deep relationship is a sensation of the particular, held in the eager tilt of a lead dog’s ears before a run or the feel of an old scar left by a salmon’s tooth.”
An essay on the mighty but sometimes overlooked chum salmon & dogs & rivers & love
#envhist #rivers
www.nybooks.com/online/2025/...
An essay on the mighty but sometimes overlooked chum salmon & dogs & rivers & love
#envhist #rivers
www.nybooks.com/online/2025/...
A reminder of late summer from doing much overdue photo backups today. Caribou bull in west Denali National Park. Tundra about to turn, velvet about to shed.
November 24, 2025 at 11:19 PM
A reminder of late summer from doing much overdue photo backups today. Caribou bull in west Denali National Park. Tundra about to turn, velvet about to shed.
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I'm opening up a Black & Indigenous environmental art gallery
@umterps.bsky.social to help students navigate climate anxiety & other stresses that come with learning about environmental injustice & environmental racism. Please consider donating & coming to our fundraiser @framebridge.bsky.social!
@umterps.bsky.social to help students navigate climate anxiety & other stresses that come with learning about environmental injustice & environmental racism. Please consider donating & coming to our fundraiser @framebridge.bsky.social!
November 8, 2025 at 7:28 PM
I'm opening up a Black & Indigenous environmental art gallery
@umterps.bsky.social to help students navigate climate anxiety & other stresses that come with learning about environmental injustice & environmental racism. Please consider donating & coming to our fundraiser @framebridge.bsky.social!
@umterps.bsky.social to help students navigate climate anxiety & other stresses that come with learning about environmental injustice & environmental racism. Please consider donating & coming to our fundraiser @framebridge.bsky.social!
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Exactly a year ago, Ellen Wohl, @parriblue.bsky.social and I spent two days in Providence thinking about #rivers and how we conceptualize them & live with them. Here’s the result of history and fluvial geomorphology teaming up. #envhist
doi.org/10.1371/jour...
doi.org/10.1371/jour...
Rivers are messy: Beyond the water bias in research and management
This article reviews current trends in interdisciplinary river research to argue that a “water bias” or tendency consider rivers as synonymous with water can hinder our understanding of rivers and con...
doi.org
November 6, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Exactly a year ago, Ellen Wohl, @parriblue.bsky.social and I spent two days in Providence thinking about #rivers and how we conceptualize them & live with them. Here’s the result of history and fluvial geomorphology teaming up. #envhist
doi.org/10.1371/jour...
doi.org/10.1371/jour...
Exactly a year ago, Ellen Wohl, @parriblue.bsky.social and I spent two days in Providence thinking about #rivers and how we conceptualize them & live with them. Here’s the result of history and fluvial geomorphology teaming up. #envhist
doi.org/10.1371/jour...
doi.org/10.1371/jour...
Rivers are messy: Beyond the water bias in research and management
This article reviews current trends in interdisciplinary river research to argue that a “water bias” or tendency consider rivers as synonymous with water can hinder our understanding of rivers and con...
doi.org
November 6, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Exactly a year ago, Ellen Wohl, @parriblue.bsky.social and I spent two days in Providence thinking about #rivers and how we conceptualize them & live with them. Here’s the result of history and fluvial geomorphology teaming up. #envhist
doi.org/10.1371/jour...
doi.org/10.1371/jour...
I’m so excited and honored for this upcoming talk & events at Oxford, some with an amazing lineup of other Arctic folks!
And on Thursday @brdemuth.bsky.social will be giving our inaugural flagship lecture! Wed and Thurs are currently sold out, but there are always no-shows, so please sign up for the waitlist!
torch.ox.ac.uk/event/arctic...
torch.ox.ac.uk/event/arctic...
Bathsheba Demuth
torch.ox.ac.uk
November 3, 2025 at 4:50 PM
I’m so excited and honored for this upcoming talk & events at Oxford, some with an amazing lineup of other Arctic folks!
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So far, the administration's Alaska agenda is still a lot of bluster and not a lot of action. Great reporting from @loisparshley.bsky.social for @grist.org
Trump officials say Alaska is 'open for business.' So far, no one's buying.
The administration wants to drill in Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Oil companies don’t, leaving Alaska to spend millions propping up the idea.
grist.org
October 31, 2025 at 6:43 PM
So far, the administration's Alaska agenda is still a lot of bluster and not a lot of action. Great reporting from @loisparshley.bsky.social for @grist.org
I’m so excited to talk about this great book with Joseph Lee tomorrow. If you’re in Providence, come by!
October 29, 2025 at 8:08 PM
I’m so excited to talk about this great book with Joseph Lee tomorrow. If you’re in Providence, come by!
In case you’re free in July and want to spend a week on the Yukon…
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freeflowinstitute.com/product/rive...
RIVERS IN TIME, RIVERS IN WORDS - Freeflow Institute
An experiential deep dive into the history + evolving narrative of the Yukon
freeflowinstitute.com
October 24, 2025 at 7:54 PM
In case you’re free in July and want to spend a week on the Yukon…
freeflowinstitute.com/product/rive...
freeflowinstitute.com/product/rive...
Last week, western Alaska was hit by the powerful remnants of a typhoon. Recovery is just beginning for communities an airplane away building materials & other support. PBS has a good overview of this social-climate disaster. Ways to support linked below. m.youtube.com/watch?v=t5kz...
Rescue crews airlift hundreds out of rural Alaskan villages after powerful storm
YouTube video by PBS NewsHour
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October 19, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Last week, western Alaska was hit by the powerful remnants of a typhoon. Recovery is just beginning for communities an airplane away building materials & other support. PBS has a good overview of this social-climate disaster. Ways to support linked below. m.youtube.com/watch?v=t5kz...
“what happens if we also reconnect with the mule? What can mules teach us about the black history of land and violence in the United States?”
A terrific piece of #envhist on mules, labor, and how “empire doesn’t always win” from @roguechieftan.bsky.social
www.sciencehistory.org/stories/maga...
A terrific piece of #envhist on mules, labor, and how “empire doesn’t always win” from @roguechieftan.bsky.social
www.sciencehistory.org/stories/maga...
Mule Power
Unpacking empires and diaspora in Mexico and the United States.
www.sciencehistory.org
October 19, 2025 at 8:31 PM
“what happens if we also reconnect with the mule? What can mules teach us about the black history of land and violence in the United States?”
A terrific piece of #envhist on mules, labor, and how “empire doesn’t always win” from @roguechieftan.bsky.social
www.sciencehistory.org/stories/maga...
A terrific piece of #envhist on mules, labor, and how “empire doesn’t always win” from @roguechieftan.bsky.social
www.sciencehistory.org/stories/maga...
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This year I wrote a book about how Columbus colonized the Caribbean in 1492 - not what is now the US mainland.
My book DARK LABORATORY celebrates Kalinago survivance and the African agrarian x aquatic traditions people like my ancestors, who were enslaved, brought to the region.
My book DARK LABORATORY celebrates Kalinago survivance and the African agrarian x aquatic traditions people like my ancestors, who were enslaved, brought to the region.
October 14, 2025 at 3:12 AM
This year I wrote a book about how Columbus colonized the Caribbean in 1492 - not what is now the US mainland.
My book DARK LABORATORY celebrates Kalinago survivance and the African agrarian x aquatic traditions people like my ancestors, who were enslaved, brought to the region.
My book DARK LABORATORY celebrates Kalinago survivance and the African agrarian x aquatic traditions people like my ancestors, who were enslaved, brought to the region.
I’m very lucky to work with Myles, and am so excited to hear him talk about his amazing new book in a few weeks!
Join IBES for a Family Weekend book talk! Asst Prof Myles Lennon will discuss his new book, Subjects of the Sun, in a conversation moderated by Assoc Prof @brdemuth.bsky.social.
Oct 18, 10-11am, 85 Waterman St & online
events.brown.edu/ibes/event/3...
@brownanthro.bsky.social @brownhist.bsky.social
Oct 18, 10-11am, 85 Waterman St & online
events.brown.edu/ibes/event/3...
@brownanthro.bsky.social @brownhist.bsky.social
September 25, 2025 at 10:16 PM
I’m very lucky to work with Myles, and am so excited to hear him talk about his amazing new book in a few weeks!
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Something good: a new, nonprofit newsroom run by some wonderful, experienced folks (core crew from Outside mag's glory days) dedicated to journalism about American public lands! Looks like the plan is to collaborate a fair bit with other outlets.
RE:PUBLIC
INDEPENDENT JOURNALISM FOR PUBLIC LANDS.
www.republic.land
September 10, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Something good: a new, nonprofit newsroom run by some wonderful, experienced folks (core crew from Outside mag's glory days) dedicated to journalism about American public lands! Looks like the plan is to collaborate a fair bit with other outlets.
Alaska reentry has its ups and downs but amazing reads are an up.
September 8, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Alaska reentry has its ups and downs but amazing reads are an up.
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“The Yukon River has a right to feed its own animals & its land.”
Alaska Natives are fighting for the right to manage the Yukon River & save the remaining salmon stocks for future generations, before their way of life dies off with the salmon, Alyssa Choiniere reports.
Alaska Natives are fighting for the right to manage the Yukon River & save the remaining salmon stocks for future generations, before their way of life dies off with the salmon, Alyssa Choiniere reports.
Alaska Natives fight for right to fish salmon, manage Yukon River
Before government intervention, Native stewardship maintained salmon stocks, providing physical and spiritual nourishment
prismreports.org
September 4, 2025 at 2:06 PM
“The Yukon River has a right to feed its own animals & its land.”
Alaska Natives are fighting for the right to manage the Yukon River & save the remaining salmon stocks for future generations, before their way of life dies off with the salmon, Alyssa Choiniere reports.
Alaska Natives are fighting for the right to manage the Yukon River & save the remaining salmon stocks for future generations, before their way of life dies off with the salmon, Alyssa Choiniere reports.
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Alaska Natives, barred from king salmon fishing, fight for their right to manage the Yukon River, reports Alyssa Chioniere for @prismreports.org via @alaskabeacon.com
Alaska Natives, barred from king salmon fishing, fight for their right to manage the Yukon River | Alaska Beacon
Alaska Native communities along the Yukon River are fighting for the right to manage the river and save the remaining salmon stocks for future generations, before their way of life dies off with the…
alaskabeacon.com
September 5, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Alaska Natives, barred from king salmon fishing, fight for their right to manage the Yukon River, reports Alyssa Chioniere for @prismreports.org via @alaskabeacon.com
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I guarantee that you're not going to do anything better today than to carefully read this essay on dogs, salmon, and mushing (which, like all good essays, is really an inquiry into existence) by @brdemuth.bsky.social in @nyrb-imprints.bsky.social. Extraordinary. www.nybooks.com/online/2025/...
Where the Dogs Run | Bathsheba Demuth
The best days to work a salmon net are dry and bright. Bankside willows tilt from summer green to autumn gold. Light wind, no longer warm, riffles the
www.nybooks.com
August 26, 2025 at 3:34 PM
I guarantee that you're not going to do anything better today than to carefully read this essay on dogs, salmon, and mushing (which, like all good essays, is really an inquiry into existence) by @brdemuth.bsky.social in @nyrb-imprints.bsky.social. Extraordinary. www.nybooks.com/online/2025/...
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Bathsheba Demuth @brdemuth.bsky.social on the future of sled dogs in the Yukon River valley
Where the Dogs Run | Bathsheba Demuth
The best days to work a salmon net are dry and bright. Bankside willows tilt from summer green to autumn gold. Light wind, no longer warm, riffles the
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August 18, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Bathsheba Demuth @brdemuth.bsky.social on the future of sled dogs in the Yukon River valley
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Beautiful writing. Important message. From @brdemuth.bsky.social for @nybooks.com www.nybooks.com/online/2025/...
Where the Dogs Run | Bathsheba Demuth
The best days to work a salmon net are dry and bright. Bankside willows tilt from summer green to autumn gold. Light wind, no longer warm, riffles the
www.nybooks.com
August 17, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Beautiful writing. Important message. From @brdemuth.bsky.social for @nybooks.com www.nybooks.com/online/2025/...
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Really beautiful piece by @brdemuth.bsky.social. www.nybooks.com/online/2025/...
Where the Dogs Run | Bathsheba Demuth
The best days to work a salmon net are dry and bright. Bankside willows tilt from summer green to autumn gold. Light wind, no longer warm, riffles the
www.nybooks.com
August 17, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Really beautiful piece by @brdemuth.bsky.social. www.nybooks.com/online/2025/...
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“Deep relationship is a sensation of the particular, held in the eager tilt of a lead dog’s ears before a run or the feel of an old scar left by a salmon’s tooth.”
An essay on the mighty but sometimes overlooked chum salmon & dogs & rivers & love
#envhist #rivers
www.nybooks.com/online/2025/...
An essay on the mighty but sometimes overlooked chum salmon & dogs & rivers & love
#envhist #rivers
www.nybooks.com/online/2025/...
Where the Dogs Run | Bathsheba Demuth
The best days to work a salmon net are dry and bright. Bankside willows tilt from summer green to autumn gold. Light wind, no longer warm, riffles the
www.nybooks.com
August 15, 2025 at 7:47 PM
“Deep relationship is a sensation of the particular, held in the eager tilt of a lead dog’s ears before a run or the feel of an old scar left by a salmon’s tooth.”
An essay on the mighty but sometimes overlooked chum salmon & dogs & rivers & love
#envhist #rivers
www.nybooks.com/online/2025/...
An essay on the mighty but sometimes overlooked chum salmon & dogs & rivers & love
#envhist #rivers
www.nybooks.com/online/2025/...
“Deep relationship is a sensation of the particular, held in the eager tilt of a lead dog’s ears before a run or the feel of an old scar left by a salmon’s tooth.”
An essay on the mighty but sometimes overlooked chum salmon & dogs & rivers & love
#envhist #rivers
www.nybooks.com/online/2025/...
An essay on the mighty but sometimes overlooked chum salmon & dogs & rivers & love
#envhist #rivers
www.nybooks.com/online/2025/...
Where the Dogs Run | Bathsheba Demuth
The best days to work a salmon net are dry and bright. Bankside willows tilt from summer green to autumn gold. Light wind, no longer warm, riffles the
www.nybooks.com
August 15, 2025 at 7:47 PM
“Deep relationship is a sensation of the particular, held in the eager tilt of a lead dog’s ears before a run or the feel of an old scar left by a salmon’s tooth.”
An essay on the mighty but sometimes overlooked chum salmon & dogs & rivers & love
#envhist #rivers
www.nybooks.com/online/2025/...
An essay on the mighty but sometimes overlooked chum salmon & dogs & rivers & love
#envhist #rivers
www.nybooks.com/online/2025/...
It’s a strange time to be in Alaska and yet here’s the morning run view
August 12, 2025 at 5:18 PM
It’s a strange time to be in Alaska and yet here’s the morning run view
SOON!! Getting antsy for Alaska rivers. So glad to be teaching on the Yukon again this year.
July 11, 2025 at 9:04 PM
SOON!! Getting antsy for Alaska rivers. So glad to be teaching on the Yukon again this year.
This interview is the second in a set— I had the huge pleasure of talking with Gabe Rosenberg before he interviewed me, about his work on industrial agriculture. Still thinking about the feathers he’s found in archives.
www.publicbooks.org/public-think...
www.publicbooks.org/public-think...
July 11, 2025 at 9:00 PM
This interview is the second in a set— I had the huge pleasure of talking with Gabe Rosenberg before he interviewed me, about his work on industrial agriculture. Still thinking about the feathers he’s found in archives.
www.publicbooks.org/public-think...
www.publicbooks.org/public-think...