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2104, 2015

Outside Magazine: Honey Stinger

By Dean Kuipers|2019-06-19T07:57:44-08:00April 21st, 2015|Categories: Blog, Stories|Tags: Dean Kuipers, eco-terrorism, Eric McDavid, FBI, Outside Magazine|Comments Off on Outside Magazine: Honey Stinger

This article was originally posted in Outside Magazine. By Dean Kuipers, November 26, 2012. The FBI used an 18-year-old woman called "Anna" to infiltrate an alleged eco-terrorism cell. Did she stop a bomb plot before it came off? Or did she launch one?

1503, 2015

Men’s Journal: Are the Alps Crumbling?

By admin|2019-06-19T07:57:45-08:00March 15th, 2015|Categories: Stories|Comments Off on Men’s Journal: Are the Alps Crumbling?

This article was originally posted in Men's Journal By Dean Kuipers Dec 2014 Rising temperatures are causing more rock slides on the world's biggest mountains. Credit: Jon Griffith / Aurora Two days after [...]

208, 2009

Christian Science Monitor: “Operation Bite Back” major reviews

By admin|2019-06-18T11:55:20-08:00August 2nd, 2009|Categories: Press, Stories|Tags: Dean Kuipers, Los Angeles Times, Operation Bite Back, Rod Coronado|Comments Off on Christian Science Monitor: “Operation Bite Back” major reviews

The new review on the Christian Science Monitor site reminds me that I haven’t put up the other terrific reviews of the book posted by other sites. I’m proud of what’s been said about the [...]

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Some families have to dig hard to find the love that holds them together. Some have to grow it out of the ground. THE DEER CAMP: A Memoir of a Father, a Family, and the Land that Healed Them is the true story of the author’s family and the power of nature.

Bruce Kuipers was good at hunting, fishing and working, but not at much else that makes a real father or husband. Conflicted, angry, and a serial cheater, he destroyed his relationship with his wife, Nancy, and alienated his three sons—journalist Dean, woodsman Brett, and troubled yet brilliant fisherman Joe. He distrusted people and clung to rural America as a place to hide.

So when Bruce purchased a 100-acre hunting property as a way to reconnect with his sons, they resisted. The land was the perfect bait, but none of them knew how to be together as a family. Conflicts arose over whether the land – an old farm that had been degraded and reduced to a few stands of pine and blowing sand – should be left alone or be actively restored. After a decade-long impasse, Bruce acquiesced, and his sons proceeded with their restoration plan. What happened next was a miracle of nature.

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