"To read In Earshot of Water is to enter the mind of a first-rate naturalist, a devoted father, and a keen observer of all the confounding ways people find to live in place. To read this book is to learn again how to listen, how to forgive, and ultimately, how to love life that is sometimes as cruel as it is beautiful."--Kathleen Dean Moore, author, Wild Comfort

"As it moves from the personal to the social, historical, and environmental aspects of the northwestern landscape, Paul Lindholdt's In Earshot of Water beguiles and teaches. Lindholdt's prose is a pleasure to read, and his personal presence is palpable but never intrusive. It is a tough trick, what he's done, and I admire it. The book ought to be of interest to readers of environmentally conscious literature, residents and lovers of the Northwest, and students of good, clear, concise writing everywhere."--Philip Connors, author, Fire Season: Field Notes from a Wilderness Lookout