With generous funding from an anonymous donor, LiKEN has begun a fellowship to fund writing about the waters and forests of Appalachia. These texts will focus on the rivers and forests as ecosystems and as sources of human sustenance and meaning. We are open to texts that blend genres and are designed to reach wide and diverse audiences. To capture the complexity of this ancient mountain range, these books may weave together science, stories, and art. The goal of this series is to listen to the deep histories of human and non-human life in this landscape and to prepare for futures emerging in our century of climate emergency. The first fellowship began in June 2021 and provided funding for a Senior Fellow to work on a book about the Potomac River.