About

Heather Durham is naturalist and contemplative writer exploring the science and mystery of internal and external landscapes, seeking meaning and solace as a feral human in the more-than-human world. Heather holds degrees in psychology, ecology, and creative nonfiction, and has worked and played in each of those fields.

As a naturalist she seeks to observe, connect with, and learn as much as she can about the diverse and complex natural environments she’s explored. As a student of ecopsychology, an educator, and a writer, she is intensely interested in what drives others of her kind to make their own meaningful connections in the world.  

Heather grew up in New England, wandered widely, and finds herself in midlife rooting firmly in the land of ravens and salmon, on the traditional lands of Snohomish, Snoqualmie, and other Coast Salish tribes, amidst the towering cedars and moody mists of the Pacific Northwest. When not working or writing, you are likely to find Heather out birding with friends; reading memoirs, essay collections, or ecopsychology texts; or hunkered down in a riverside cedar grove with a journal, field guide, and binoculars, reconnecting with the more than human world.