Dawn Again

<p><i>The wolf was so close now... Approaching the place where the edge of the forest met the open meadow I paused before stepping out from the shadows of the trees. The sun was directly overhead. In that moment I stood frozen in my tracks next to the fresh footprint of the wolf that had led me here. I was sharing this trail with the wolf and I did not want the moment to end. I wanted that wolf to be with me forever</i>. (from Chapter Seven Pack)</p><br><p><b><i>Dawn Again: Tracking the Wisdom of the Wild</i> is a memoir of exploration and survival that will inspire you to better tend to the planet even if it's simply tending the soil in your own backyard!</b></p><p><b><q>Doniga has given us a manual on how to get in touch with our best selves through getting in touch with the earth.</q> -Joan Baez</b></p><br><p><i>Dawn Again</i> takes readers along a young woman’s journey from unsettled teen to immersive nature school student to wildlife tracker to a cattle woman on a mission to save the food system through regenerative agricultural practices that restore the soil and other non-human elements of the planet.</p> <p>From one of the few female voices in both wilderness immersion and ranching <i>Dawn Again</i> is a nature memoir that shares Doniga’s experience hitchhiking across the Pacific Northwest waiting patiently to connect with a deer on its terms and tracking in Alaska where she finally came face to face with white wolves and the rigor of wilderness survival.</p><p>When Doniga tracks mountain lions with Erik a rancher she finds herself falling in love with more than just nature. She settles down on a cattle ranch on the California coast to start a family and has to learn how to apply the deep lessons of the wild to her everyday life.</p><p>Advocating for nature knowledge and ecological wisdom <i>Dawn Again</i> dives into Doniga's real-life experiences as a woman environmentalist wilderness expert woman rancher mother and producer in the food system.</p>