Refuge

Description:

In the spring of 1983 Terry Tempest Williams learned that her mother was dying of cancer. That same season, the Great Salt Lake began to rise to record heights, threatening the herons, owls, and snowy egrets that Williams, a poet and naturalist, had come to gauge her life by.

subjects: Cancer,  Utah,  Ovaries,  Patients,  Health,  Breast,  Natural history,  Great Salt Lake Region,  Birds,  Biography,  Cancer, patients, biography,  Utah, biography,  Natural history, united states,  Williams, terry tempest,  Healthwilliams, terry tempest,  Disasters,  Breast neoplasms,  Breast--cancer--patients,  Breast--cancer--patients--utah--biography,  Natural history--utah--great salt lake region,  Disasters--personal narratives,  Disasters--popular works,  Rc280.b8 w47 1992,  Wp 870 w727r 1992,  362.1/9699449/0092 b,  Ecology,  Bird populations,  Personal Narratives,  Popular Works,  Birds, united states

People: Diane Dixon Tempest (1932-1987),  Terry Tempest Williams

Places: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge (Utah),  Great Salt Lake Region,  Utah