![]() | Walking Seasonal Roads: Reflections on a Dwelling Place Subjects: Natural history -- New York (State) -- Steuben County; Roads -- New York (State) -- Steuben County; Low-volume roads -- New York (State) -- Steuben County; Scenic byways -- New York (State) -- Steuben County; Hood Mary A. 1944– -- Travel -- New York (St; Seasonal roads are defined as one-lane dirt roads not maintained during the winter. They function as connectors linking farmers to their fields, neighbors to neighbors, or two more well-traveled roads to each other. Some access hunting lands and recreational areas. Some pass by cemeteries, allowing people to visit and honor their dead. They can be abandoned as people move and towns fade. In every incarnation, the seasonal road touches the land in a gentler way than do other roads. Mary A. Hood is professor emerita at the University of West Florida. She is the author of The Strangler Fig and Other Tales: Field Notes of a Conservationist and Rivertime: Ecotravel on the World's Rivers. In addition, she has published several collections of poetry, general articles on conservation and the environment, and numerous scientific articles in the field of microbial ecology. |
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