Tim Hogan of Boulder, Colorado, died at home, December 6, 2023. Born in 1955, raised in Buffalo, New York, Tim headed West because of his love for wild lands, ecology, and the outdoors. The more wild aregion, the more the land with its plants and animals, rock formations and weather patterns, drew him.
After moving to Boulder in 1977 he met Eleni Arapkiles in 1982 and the two married.
Tim studied botany at the University of Colorado, moving directly into a position at the University Museum's Herbarium, where he worked for his adult life. A mainstay of the Herbarium, Tim never wanted full time work; he needed off-the-clock time to hike, camp, climb, and botanize around Colorado. Often he'd explore alone, at other times with his wife or with friends who were naturalists, adventurers, and literary sorts.
Tim read with a hunter's focus, especially the poets of wilderness and the warriors of conservation.
His special affections were Thoreau, the voices of Native America, and poet Gary Snyder. This study of poems, novels, and well-crafted essays shows forth in the public writings he under took: book reviews, letters to the editors of newspapers and ecological journals, and the open letters he would send, some of them blistering, to public officials.
Zen good humor, a crackling wit, and a scorching fury at the loss of wild nature, coupled with a kind, gentleness that was with him until his last breath, attended Tim.
A gathering to honor Tim will be held on January 11, 2024, at 11:00 in the Case Auditorium and Chancellor's Hall on the Colorado University Campus.
Donations can be made in his name to The Alaska Wilderness League and The Center for Biological Diversity.
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