From the sweet melody of the song sparrow to the emergence of groundhogs from their burrows, one of the most exciting parts of the spring season is watching the natural world reawaken and blossom to life before our eyes. These eleven species, according to WWF-Canada’s urban biodiversity specialist Steve Hamel, …
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Two forest defenders were arrested today in Tasmania protesting against the logging of old growth forests nearby to Lake St Clair. The forest defenders are … source Y Not Freakin’ Recyclable Home
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On a hot summer’s day, marine ecologist Courtney Greiner walks the shore of a rocky Washington beach at low tide with a handful of staff and interns. They stake out the ground and hunch down, digging up the top two inches of mud, silt, and gravel looking for baby clams. …
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That’s great! I am all for more native trees planted and cared for in the right places all across the world. Trees have other benefits as well. However, please remember that one trillion trees can only sequester up to 200 billion metric tons of atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) and that …
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Bill Tripp learned to burn when he was 4 years old. In an Indian community along a bend in the Salmon River in the northwest corner of California, Tripp absorbed traditional burning techniques from his great-grandmother, who was born in the late 1800s and was a repository of knowledge on …
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