PUBLICATIONS

Published Writing & Illustrations

In April 2022, Fiona's essay "Falling In Love With Nature Through Journaling" (which originally appeared on the Children & Nature Network's Blog) was chosen to be included in an exhibition at Brown University created by Creature Conserve and Brown University’s Arts Initiative. “Re-Examining Conservation,” April 4-June 10, 2022, "is the first in a series of exhibits celebrating the work of artists, writers, and creatives around the globe who are combining art, science, and traditional ecological knowledge to study, celebrate and protect animals and their habitats."
In June 2020, Birding, the American Birding Association's national monthly magazine, published Fiona's 7-page article, “A Birder's Brain on Paper: How keeping a nature journal improves our birding experiences.” The piece included several pages from Fiona's journals. Read a PDF of the article.
In Summer 2021, the Children & Nature Network (C&NN) published Fiona's essay, "Falling in love with nature through journaling," on the Finding Nature News blog. The piece includes several images of Fiona's journal pages. The article was also featured several times on the C&NN social media.
In May 2020, Fiona was invited to contribute a blog post to International Nature Journaling Week. Her essay, The Joy of Curiosity In My Nature Journal, includes several images of journal pages.
In Summer 2021, the Institute for Bird Populations (a nonprofit dedicated to studying the causes of bird population declines) published Fiona's essay, Learning to Read Wings: My Experience at the Wolf Ridge Bird Bander Training, on its blog, Bird Pop!.

PUBLISHED JOURNAL PAGES

In May 2020, Heyday Books published How to Teach Nature Journaling by John Muir Laws and Emilie Lygren. This book features nature journal page contributions by several naturalists including Fiona. Fiona's nature journal pages appear on several pages throughout the book. See a PDF page of her work in the book here.
In October 2019, Fiona participated in a Prescribed Fire Training Exchange (TREX) program (sponsored by the Nature Conservancy and in partnership with the Bureau of Land Management), The Nature Conservancy published an article about the program that included a page from several participant's journals, including Fiona's. Read the article.
In February 2018, Nebraskaland Magazine published a piece, "Discovering the Outdoors Through Nature Journaling," which included quotes from several nature journalers, including Fiona. The piece also includes a photo of Fiona nature journaling, and a nature journal page. Read the article.
In March 2017, FOSS-Connect, the newsletter of the Full Option Science System from UC Berkeley's Lawrence Hall of Science (FOSS) published a piece, "Nature Journaling with Expert John Muir Laws: Not Just for Nature-Loving Teachers!," which included an interview of Fiona and some of her journal pages (from age 13). Read the article.

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Click the image for a PDF of Fiona's article.

Click the image for a link to Fiona's essay.

Click the image for a PDF of a page from this book featuring Fiona.