Lynda V. Mapes

Lynda Mapes is a journalist who covers environmental and Indigenous issues for the Seattle Times. Her books include The Trees are Speaking (Washington, 2024), Witness Tree: Seasons of Change with a Century-Old Oak (Washington, 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 (Washington, 2009).