The Dead By the End of The Road
Snyder shows how the highway is a death trap for animals such as birds and deer. The main theme is that the highway plays a negative role in the relationship between nature and mankind (man-made things). Although the road-kill can be used as a resource for food and items ("a pouch").
Coyote Valley Spring
The theme is that life (plants, regions, animals) are better off not touched by mankind. The deer, bears, and squirrels seem to be in the wilderness, or the "Coyote Valley"; untouched by humans (the "lost people"). In the wilderness, the animals seem to have more of their environment intact and unharmed.
By Frazier Creek Falls
Snyder is taking his view and appreciating nature. The theme of this piece is that the land can be here as long as humans aren't ruining it. Mankind doesn't have to live off of "clothes or tools" but can live off of the earth alone with its plentiful resources.
Abria makes a good point in her analysis of "The Dead By The Side of The Road." If it wasn't for the manmade road, and the manmade vehicles that operate on this road, these animals would not have died in result of these. But Snyder also makes another point, as he shows his resourceful side when he uses the roadkill usefully instead of letting it rot.
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