Sales table at Friends of Nelson "Get Up, Stand Up" event February 27, 2016. All proceeds of the book are donated to Virginia-based organizations fighting fracked gas pipelines, such as the MVP.
Faced with the threat of the proposed Atlantic Coast Pipeline through the woods and fields near my home, I decided to make a trail of art and poetry assemblages as a protest tactic. These works derive their meaning from their locations and are literally embedded in the landscape.  I registered the copyright so that any proposal to place a pipeline through them would raise legal issues.

I decided to make a book to share  the project. Local photographers worked with me to document the eco-poetry art trail, and a neighbor who is an illustrator produced a trail map. Poet Laura-Gray Street, a  co-editor of the Eco-Poetry Anthology,  contributed an introduction.

For information on how to do this type of project yourself, or as a collaboration with a local artist, see Put Art in Your Arsenal.
The June 01, 2016 arts section of Cville Weekly features an article about the project. Walking Wildwood Trail: Poems and Photographs is now on sale locally. All proceeds go to organizations fighting for restoration of damaged land and return of easements on the now-cancelled  ACP and to the ongoing fight against the MVP: Friends of Nelson, Appalachian Voices, and Wild Virginia. #NoMVP #Keepitintheground. Local stores carrying the book include Rockfish River Gallery in Nellysford, and James River Yoga in Lynchburg. Or use the new indie-bookstore-supporting site Bookshop.org to order the book.
The trail of 16 works of assemblage winds through an orchard, up to a climax beech forest and along a river in Nelson County, Virginia.
The materials are natural, and primarily biodegradable. Containers and fiber were donated or are recycled. They include wood, fabric, suede, cardboard, bamboo, clay, wool, beeswax, and paper.
We don't want your pipeline. We don't want methane leaks, explosions, fouled well water, erosion, destruction of wildlife habitat, clear-cut scars through the National Forest. #Keepitintheground