Hello for the wild community. I hope you are enjoying this transition to fall if you're

up in the northern hemisphere. I am watching the weather shift before my very eyes and looking

forward to a slower season. But before we start this episode, I wanted to quickly send

a huge thank you to all of our listeners who support us on Patreon. Your support means

the world to us and truly allows us to keep making free, well-researched and intentional

content at a sustainable pace. This month we are launching a new set of tiers on Patreon

aimed at creating a library of deeply rooted resources for those who sign up. At $2 a month,

the stacks tier offers supporters transcripts, music playlist, access to gift guides with

product discounts and extended episodes. At $5 a month, the study tier offers everything

from the stacks tier plus giveaways, a monthly field guide scene, and access to seasonal

online gatherings. At $25 a month, the archive tier offers everything from the previous

tiers plus priority for Q&A in gatherings and producer credits in the field guide

scene. At $100 a month, the Living Libraries tier offers everything from previous tiers

plus a contribution on your behalf of $25 a month to our current land protection project

and seasonal letters from the land. Listener Support is one of our main funding sources,

so if you enjoy the podcast and want to see it keep running, please consider signing up

for monthly support. With this, I'd love to give a huge thank you to our team, Erica,

Julia, Evan, Jackson, and Jose, whose dedicated work across audio, editing, design, research,

and writing makes for the wild possible. Your donations support our small but mighty

team of creatives who are deeply dedicated to this project and all of the work that goes

on behind the scenes to bring you podcast episodes, zines, slow studies, and more. If you

feel called to support us or deepen your current donation, please visit patreon.com slash

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