Brian Brett’s latest collection of poems, The Wind River Variations, addresses the intricate weave of relationships that exists between human beings and the natural landscape. In particular, he speaks to the preservation of the Three Rivers watershed (The Wind River, The Snake River and the Bonnet Plume River). In his acknowledgements he writes: “In an odd kind of way, the plundering of the world in the past is understandable, because there wasn’t the knowledge. Now, there are no excuses, …