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At home in the wild
December 20, 2013, Craig Brandhorst
Creative writing professor James Barilla had his property declared a “certified wildlife habitat” by the National Wildlife Federation. The story of his journey to create a hospitable environment for creatures of the wild is told in “My Backyard Jungle,” published in 2013.