New publication on Garry oaksGarry oaks are popular with gardeners and with conservationists in the San Juan Islands. This has been justified as "restoring" pre-European landscapes, and rebuilding traditional foodways. Evidence for extensive oak woodlands and Native American acorn cuisine in the islands is absent, however; although acorns did contribute to the traditional diets of Coast Salish and Sahaptin speaking villagers south of the Nisqually River. Kwiaht's ecologist Russel Barsh and botanist Madrona Murphy have published a review of the data in Washington state's free online history journal, HistoryLink.org