12357 Whenever Drew Lanham brings up the “Home Place,” he’s reaching back to his roots in Edgefield, South Carolina. Perched near the border of Georgia, this rural town of nearly 5,000 is where Lanham’s history begins—time and time again. It starts in 1790 with his ancestor Harry being brought to the state by slave owners as a child. It starts a century ago with his grandfather Joe buying dozens of acres of piedmont wood to carve out a life in an unstable world. It starts in the 1960s and ‘70s with a young Lanham exploring the cow paths and creeks and dreaming about flight. And it starts just a few years ago with his father’s death, prompting a return to the decaying “Home Place.” Seeing his family’s farm and land in ruins reminded Lanham of something he’d long recognized: that his range map is always changing. And while this is true for most humans and organisms, it’s an extremely limiting factor for Lanham and other marginalized people. The ornithologist...