Feature Story
The Sounds of Nature Call Us Back to the Wild
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here are some sounds in the great outdoors that you hear, and they touch your soul. You don’t have to see what made the sound because when you hear it, you instantly see it in your mind. You may even hear them and see them as you read these words.
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CONSERVATION FEDERATION
To some, the bugle of elk, or the haunting howl of the wolf, or the call of a loon. It might even be a cougar’s throaty growl, or the gruff huff of a grizzly or black bear. Those of us who don’t live where these animals live rarely get to hear these sounds in the wild unless we travel to where they are. But if you do hear them, they will linger in our memories. Can you hear them?
