Prime hiking season is upon us, and with that comes overgrown trails, new growth, wild flowers, and all the sounds that we find in nature.  Whether it’s the wind through the trees, the chatter of animals, the movement of water, or the noise of nothingness that just seems to exist naturally; these sounds make up what I like to call nature’s white noise.  In April, I wrote about Shinrin-yoku, the Japanese practice of forest bathing; this month I’d like to explore the sounds that we hear in nature and how those noises both play a role in why nature makes us feel good and how we play an active part in that.