Weeks After We Moved Into Our First Home, We Were Forced to Evacuate

It’s time to reconsider our role on this land

Spencer R. Scott, PhD
The Bold Italic
Published in
6 min readAug 25, 2020

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A path among redwood trees.
Armstrong Woods State Natural Reserve the day the LNU Lightning Complex fire began. Photo: Spencer R. Scott

Four weeks before the fires, my partner, Nick, and I moved into our first home in the woods of Guerneville, California. Last Tuesday, at the exact moment we sat down for dinner, as if on cue, the evacuation mandate lit up our phones in unison. In an almost comical flurry of…

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Synthetic biologist & philosopher focusing on the climate crisis. PhD in Bioengineering, fledgling in regenerative farming. (Seeking Writing Agent)