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Sarah Gilman

@sarahmgilman.bsky.social
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Writer & illustrator @ The Atlantic, Sierra, Audubon, etc. Edits @ High Country News. Subscribe to Terra Affirma for comics and visual essays @ sarahmgilman.substack.com Art @ etsy.me/3llAmpO and www.instagram.com/hiddendrawerdesigns/

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High Country News @highcountrynews.org · 31/08/2026
In Alaska, as elsewhere, intact ecosystems are essential for supporting communities — both human and non-human — in a changing climate. But as land along its sole Arctic highway changes from federal to state hands, threats to surrounding ecosystems loom large.
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In Arctic Alaska, 1.4 million acres of federal land is shifting to state hands - High Country News
In Alaska, as elsewhere, intact ecosystems are essential for supporting communities — both human and non-human — in a changing climate. But as land along its sole Arctic highway changes from federal…
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Sarah Gilman @sarahmgilman.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
My latest big writing and art project is live--please take a look so you can find out more about what this massive land transfer could mean for the Arctic!
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High Country News @highcountrynews.org · 01/09/2026
The September issue is here! From the Borderlands with Gary Paul Nabhan to Bears Ears, Arctic Alaska and Navajo Nation, explore the people and places shaping the West. buff.ly/P5Nkykv
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Sarah Gilman @sarahmgilman.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Hey all--tomorrow, June 2, is the last day of my print sale! 35 percent off all archival reproductions. Giclee prints look and last like original watercolors, especially when framed. Here are a few stories of some of my pictures. And you can find the sale directly here: www.etsy.com/shop/HiddenD...
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Picture stories
Sometimes paintings and words gotta hold hands
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Sarah Gilman @sarahmgilman.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Hey all--tomorrow, June 2, is the last day of my print sale! 35 percent off all archival reproductions. Giclee prints look and last like original watercolors, especially when framed. Here are a few stories of some of my pictures. And you can find the sale directly here: www.etsy.com/shop/HiddenD...
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Picture stories
Sometimes paintings and words gotta hold hands
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Sarah Gilman @sarahmgilman.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
Just a quick reminder that all archival prints at my shop are 35 percent off through June 2. If you've had your eye on something, now's the time! www.etsy.com/shop/HiddenD...
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Sarah Gilman @sarahmgilman.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
Just a quick reminder that all archival prints at my shop are 35 percent off through June 2. If you've had your eye on something, now's the time! www.etsy.com/shop/HiddenD...
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Sarah Gilman @sarahmgilman.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Did you love this comics poem? Did you know that an archival reproduction of the original watercolor version is 35% off (and so is nearly everything else) on my Etsy through June 2? Check out the sale: www.etsy.com/shop/HiddenD...
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You don't have to be
A comics poem about bodies and embodiment
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Sarah Gilman @sarahmgilman.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Did you love this comics poem? Did you know that an archival reproduction of the original watercolor version is 35% off (and so is nearly everything else) on my Etsy through June 2? Check out the sale: www.etsy.com/shop/HiddenD...
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You don't have to be
A comics poem about bodies and embodiment
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Sarah Gilman @sarahmgilman.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Hey dudes--run don't walk! All the prints on my Etsy are 35% off through June 2. Here's a sampling with a me for scale. www.etsy.com/shop/HiddenD...
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Sarah Gilman @sarahmgilman.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Hey dudes--run don't walk! All the prints on my Etsy are 35% off through June 2. Here's a sampling with a me for scale. www.etsy.com/shop/HiddenD...
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Sarah Gilman @sarahmgilman.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
UPDATE: Sold! But if you want your own, all archival reproductions on my Etsy will be 35% off starting tomorrow. Check 'em out here: www.etsy.com/shop/HiddenD...
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Sarah Gilman @sarahmgilman.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Hey friends--I'm looking to unload a slightly damaged archival reproduction of my Whale Fall essay painting (see video for tiny scratch and subtle paper crease). These are $250 on my Etsy (www.etsy.com/listing/1478...). Asking $150, shipping and tax inclusive. DM to claim, first come first served!
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Sarah Gilman @sarahmgilman.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Yesterday was the 46th anniversary of Mount St. Helens exploding sideways. I hope you'll read my post about that event, its devastation, and also how destruction is so often generative in ways we don't expect. sarahmgilman.substack.com/p/when-the-w...
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When the world ends, it also begins
Annihilation and renewal at Mount St. Helens
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Sarah Gilman @sarahmgilman.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Yesterday was the 46th anniversary of Mount St. Helens exploding sideways. I hope you'll read my post about that event, its devastation, and also how destruction is so often generative in ways we don't expect. sarahmgilman.substack.com/p/when-the-w...
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When the world ends, it also begins
Annihilation and renewal at Mount St. Helens
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Sarah Gilman @sarahmgilman.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
If you are thirsty for water but not water remember all the places that say its shape My latest Terra Affirma is live: sarahmgilman.substack.com/p/second-syn...
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Second Synesthesia
One thing is always another is always another
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Sarah Gilman @sarahmgilman.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
It began, as so many of us do, with a collision... I hope you'll read my latest Terra Affirma, about the wildly biodiverse Klamath region in northern California and southern Oregon. sarahmgilman.substack.com/p/chaos-crea...
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🦉 Owl 🌲 @owlinamerica.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
This piece by @sarahmgilman.bsky.social is unbelievably rich and gorgeous 🌿 sarahmgilman.substack.com/p/chaos-crea...
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Chaos Creates
It was born, as so many of us are, from a collision
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Sarah Gilman @sarahmgilman.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
It began, as so many of us do, with a collision... I hope you'll read my latest Terra Affirma, about the wildly biodiverse Klamath region in northern California and southern Oregon. sarahmgilman.substack.com/p/chaos-crea...
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Sarah Gilman @sarahmgilman.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
As the great Ian Malcolm once observed, “Life finds a way.” I hope you’ll read my latest little essay on floods, kittens, turning points, and the things that grow and grow in spite of (and maybe even in defiance of) disaster. sarahmgilman.substack.com/p/watch-the-...
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Watch the Grass Grow
A meditation on bodies, disaster, and life’s unstoppable drive
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Sarah Gilman @sarahmgilman.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
As the great Ian Malcolm once observed, “Life finds a way.” I hope you’ll read my latest little essay on floods, kittens, turning points, and the things that grow and grow in spite of (and maybe even in defiance of) disaster. sarahmgilman.substack.com/p/watch-the-...
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Watch the Grass Grow
A meditation on bodies, disaster, and life’s unstoppable drive
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Sarah Gilman @sarahmgilman.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Life grows on. My latest essay for The Last Word on Nothing, a meditation on bodies, disaster, and the unstoppable drive of living things lastwordonnothing.com/2026/04/22/w...
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Sarah Gilman @sarahmgilman.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Life grows on. My latest essay for The Last Word on Nothing, a meditation on bodies, disaster, and the unstoppable drive of living things lastwordonnothing.com/2026/04/22/w...
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Eric Holthaus @ericholthaus.com · 15/04/2026
Turns out, we *really* needed that last decade of lost climate action that Trump has wasted. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Headline at The Guardian illustrated with an ominous looking photo of a roiling stormy seascape:
"Critical Atlantic current significantly more likely to collapse than thought"
Subheadline reads: "Scientists say finding is ‘very concerning’ as collapse would be catastrophic for Europe, Africa and the Americas"
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Sarah Gilman @sarahmgilman.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
“Frankly, they want people to think this is a done deal,” says Jim Adams, senior regional director of the Alaska office of the National Parks Conservation Association. But the movement opposing the proposed Ambler mining road is alive and well. Read my latest update for @sierramagazine.bsky.social
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The Fight Against the Ambler Road in Alaska Is Far From Over
Despite a wave of recent victories for project proponents, numerous obstacles remain
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Sarah Gilman @sarahmgilman.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
“Frankly, they want people to think this is a done deal,” says Jim Adams, senior regional director of the Alaska office of the National Parks Conservation Association. But the movement opposing the proposed Ambler mining road is alive and well. Read my latest update for @sierramagazine.bsky.social
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The Fight Against the Ambler Road in Alaska Is Far From Over
Despite a wave of recent victories for project proponents, numerous obstacles remain
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Book Science Podcast @booksciencepodcast.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
Geology as mindfulness. @laurapoppick.bsky.social shares how the "slow science" of stratigraphy requires stopping, observing, and being completely present to uncover wisdom in the Earth's layers. illustrater @sarahmgilman.bsky.social publisher @wwnorton.com #SciencePodcast #SciComm #BookSky
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Book Science Podcast @booksciencepodcast.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
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Book Science Podcast @booksciencepodcast.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
"Science can be so poetic." @laurapoppick.bsky.social discusses using poetry to set the scence for ancient, otherwise unimaginable worlds. Listen now buff.ly/gzXDd59 Publisher @wwnorton.com Illustrations @sarahmgilman.bsky.social #SciencePodcast #SciComm #BookSky
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Season 2 Episode 3 - Strata: Stories from Deep Time with Laura Poppick
​The views and opinions expressed on this website are solely my own and do not reflect the views, policies, or positions of the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) or any other government agency.
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Sarah Gilman @sarahmgilman.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Plants might need to pass through the intestines of a bird to germinate. Maybe they remain dormant until the exact right conditions appear—but those conditions are a mystery. “They have a lot of secrets, and they don’t give up their secrets easily,” said Robby Henes, a Colorado-based seed producer.
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Inside the Movement to Grow More Native Seeds—and Why It Matters More Than Ever
To create resilient landscapes and restore healthy ecosystems, public land managers need seed, but not just any seed will do.
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Send Help! 🇺🇲 @listlesslu.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
“It’s not about solving problems, it’s about blowing things up.
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Sarah Gilman @sarahmgilman.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Plants might need to pass through the intestines of a bird to germinate. Maybe they remain dormant until the exact right conditions appear—but those conditions are a mystery. “They have a lot of secrets, and they don’t give up their secrets easily,” said Robby Henes, a Colorado-based seed producer.
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Inside the Movement to Grow More Native Seeds—and Why It Matters More Than Ever
To create resilient landscapes and restore healthy ecosystems, public land managers need seed, but not just any seed will do.
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Sarah Gilman @sarahmgilman.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Nobody is asking for this,” said Robert Bonnie, who oversaw the Forest Service as a Department of Agriculture undersecretary during the Obama administration. “None of the farm groups want this. No one in conservation wants this. Nobody.” www.hcn.org/articles/for...
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Forest Service overhaul sows confusion, concern - High Country News
In the Trump administration’s reorganization of the struggling agency, painful echoes of BLM’s past moves.
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High Country News @highcountrynews.org · 01/04/2026
In the Trump administration’s reorganization of the struggling agency, painful echoes of BLM’s past moves.
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Forest Service overhaul sows confusion, concern - High Country News
In the Trump administration’s reorganization of the struggling agency, painful echoes of BLM’s past moves.
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High Country News @highcountrynews.org · 01/04/2026
The Western Environmental Reporting Collaborative ramps up in July.
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How HCN is helping fill a growing need for local news - High Country News
The Western Environmental Reporting Collaborative ramps up in July.
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Sarah Gilman @sarahmgilman.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Nobody is asking for this,” said Robert Bonnie, who oversaw the Forest Service as a Department of Agriculture undersecretary during the Obama administration. “None of the farm groups want this. No one in conservation wants this. Nobody.” www.hcn.org/articles/for...
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Forest Service overhaul sows confusion, concern - High Country News
In the Trump administration’s reorganization of the struggling agency, painful echoes of BLM’s past moves.
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Sarah Gilman @sarahmgilman.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Latest labor of editing love: Christine Peterson with a deep-dive breaking news analysis of the Trump administration's plan to restructure the US Forest Service, live at @highcountrynews.org today: www.hcn.org/articles/for...
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Forest Service overhaul sows confusion, concern - High Country News
In the Trump administration’s reorganization of the struggling agency, painful echoes of BLM’s past moves.
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Sarah Gilman @sarahmgilman.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Latest labor of editing love: Christine Peterson with a deep-dive breaking news analysis of the Trump administration's plan to restructure the US Forest Service, live at @highcountrynews.org today: www.hcn.org/articles/for...
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Forest Service overhaul sows confusion, concern - High Country News
In the Trump administration’s reorganization of the struggling agency, painful echoes of BLM’s past moves.
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Book Science Podcast @booksciencepodcast.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
Geological strata are like love letters from Earth’s youth. Author @laurapoppick.bsky.social discusses how understanding our planet's deep history helps us connect with it. Illustrations: @sarahmgilman.bsky.social Publisher: @wwnorton.com #SciencePodcast #SciComm #ClimateAction #BookSky
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Sarah Gilman @sarahmgilman.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
A big feature I've been pecking away on for Audubon Magazine is finally live! Where all my native plant geeks at?! You'll like this one, about seeds and hope and good people doing good work in rugged times:
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Inside the Movement to Grow More Native Seeds—and Why It Matters More Than Ever
To create resilient landscapes and restore healthy ecosystems, public land managers need seed, but not just any seed will do.
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Sarah Gilman @sarahmgilman.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
My second brand new Terra Affirma comics poem is no longer paywalled! Hope you check it out and consider subscribing ♥️ sarahmgilman.substack.com/p/the-harrier
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The Harrier
When storm takes form
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Brian Banks Ⓥ 🇨🇦 @brianbanks.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
A little video just shot outside my house inspired by one of the panels (only cedars, not a ponderosa) in this lovely series by @sarahmgilman.bsky.social. Sound up!
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Sarah Gilman @sarahmgilman.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Tis the season whether we're ready or not. My latest comic for Terra Affirma: sarahmgilman.substack.com/p/spring-arr...
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Spring; arrival
When, awake one day, the air feels different.
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Sarah Gilman @sarahmgilman.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
I was walking the other day when a piece of the stormy sky tore away and become a gracefully gliding bird. Read my latest comics poem at Terra Affirma, and subscribe to support more original work like this! sarahmgilman.substack.com/p/the-harrier
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The Harrier
When storm takes form
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Sarah Gilman @sarahmgilman.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
I was walking the other day when a piece of the stormy sky tore away and become a gracefully gliding bird. Read my latest comics poem at Terra Affirma, and subscribe to support more original work like this! sarahmgilman.substack.com/p/the-harrier
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The Harrier
When storm takes form
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Sarah Gilman @sarahmgilman.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Later or sooner, we will all be betrayed by our bodies. I drew this comic about a 2019 windstorm and a false-alarm emergency that underscored my mortality, and also my life's many graces. Maybe there’s something here for you, too, about finding your ground amid the gale?
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Wind/Break
Even the house of your skin is no shelter for long
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Sarah Gilman @sarahmgilman.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
A friend described me last night as identifiable from behind because I am a really tall woman with great shoes. I'll take it.
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Mike Dettinger @mdettinger.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
A wake-up call re: recent atmospheric rivers over Antarctica! AR-assoc'd weather significantly impacts Antarctic ice-mass balances despite arriving relatively infrequently & they have been occurring more during satellite era in some sectors. Serious SLR implications! cw3e.ucsd.edu/cw3e-publica...
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Sarah Gilman @sarahmgilman.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
I am always the ninny standing onshore in like 18 layers while others swim in cold lake or cold ocean or cold river. UNLESS...there's bioluminescence! Latest art flashback is live at Terra Affirma sarahmgilman.substack.com/p/slow-comet
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Slow Comet
Worlds beyond our own, right here on Earth
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