Something Squirrelly this Way Comes

Accoustic ecologist, Gordon Hempton, is on a mission to preserve the silence at national parks. Olympic National Park, specifically. In 1989 Gordon received a grant to study nature sounds as a natural resource in the Pacific Northwest. From that study came the report One Square Inch (OSI) "as a natural soundscape management tool and created the noise-free interval (NFI) to measure natural quiet."

To date there is only one official OSI spot. One Square Inch of Silence was designated on Earth Day 2005 (April 22, 2005) to protect and manage the natural soundscape in Olympic Park's backcountry wilderness....The exact location is marked by a small red-colored stone placed on top of a moss-covered log at 47° 51.959N, 123° 52.221W, 678 feet above sea level.

When you're walking outside today, take a moment & listen. See if you can hear any sounds of nature in your world.