Lynda V Mapes

Lynda Mapes is a journalist who covers environmental and Indigenous issues for the Seattle Times . Her books include Witness Tree: Seasons of Change with a Century-Old Oak (University of Washington Press, 2019), Orca: Shared Waters, Shared Home (Mountaineers, 2021), Elwha: A River Reborn (Mountaineers, 2013), and Breaking Ground: The Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe and the Unearthing of Tse-whit-zen Village (University of Washington Press, 2009).

Lynda Mapes is a journalist who covers environmental and Indigenous issues for the Seattle Times . Her books include Witness Tree: Seasons of Change with a Century-Old Oak (University of Washington Press, 2019), Orca: Shared Waters, Shared Home (Mountaineers, 2021), Elwha: A River Reborn (Mountaineers, 2013), and Breaking Ground: The Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe and the Unearthing of Tse-whit-zen Village (University of Washington Press, 2009). See less