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How This Nature Preserve Ended Up Named for Logging Company Founder Aug. 29, 2025
When you think of the people who protect forests, loggers don't usually come to mind, but the Dale a... Read More
Win or Lose, Our Natural World Is Worth the Fight Aug. 22, 2025
In May, my son and I gathered with hundreds of our neighbors at a community meeting to protest a pic... Read More
Why Scientists Are Hellbent on Helping the Hellbenders Jul. 11, 2025
When I first heard about eastern hellbenders, I thought they sounded like a motorcycle gang, not lar... Read More
Saving Birds and Helping Humanity Jun. 27, 2025
Birds are dying at an alarming rate, and it's a warning sign to humans that the quality of our envir... Read More
One Tech Corporation's Legacy: Lifting Communities and Preserving Land May. 16, 2025
Washington's "tech bros" dominate the news with how they use their wealth to influence politics. It'... Read More
Trees Matter: How One Man Throws Shade in a Good Way for His Community Nov. 29, 2024
While leaves changed color and floated to the ground, I talked to tree enthusiast Bill Hanavan, a re... Read More
How Many Mountain Lions Are Too Many? Mar. 27, 2024
I saw it by accident. I was sitting in the kitchen at my family's ranch in the high foothills of the... Read More
Montana Turns Into Feudal Estates Oct. 26, 2023
We get the allure of the Great American West, the majestic landscapes, rivers teeming with trout, cl... Read More
More than a Cereal King, W.K. Kellogg Was Also a Conservationist Who Helped Save the Canada Goose Sep. 29, 2023
Starting Oct. 2, Kellogg Company announced it will be dividing into two independently traded compani... Read More
Why the GOP is Becoming a Clique of Rabid Political Veterinarians Aug. 16, 2023
Ohio voters scored a big election victory for women's rights last week! It was a tricky vote, too &#... Read More
A 'New' Political Party That's the Same Old Business as Usual Jul. 26, 2023
As John Mellencamp sings: "If you don't stand for something, you'll fall for anything." True. And he... Read More
Heaven and Earth: One Hot Strike Summer Jul. 19, 2023
Hello, humans, from the new Anthropocene epoch! Yes, this is our chance to be remembered on rock lay... Read More
The Secret History of 'Wokeness' Jun. 28, 2023
In Lewis Carroll's "Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There," Humpty Dumpty scornfully ... Read More
Is Your Lush, Green Lawn Killing Mother Nature? Jan. 18, 2023
Growing up, I learned a lot of valuable lessons from the example set by my Ol' Texas Daddy: a strong... Read More
It's Not Easy to Be Green ... in the Desert Aug. 23, 2022
One can well understand the allure of the American Southwest. Shirtsleeves in February. Natural beau... Read More
Celebrating Earth Day Apr. 22, 2022
Dear Readers: Today, Earth Day, is a time for reflection on and gratitude for our beautiful planet. ... Read More
Land Trusts Protect More Than You Might Think Dec. 26, 2021
By Victor Block Visitors to North Carolina stroll by a centuries-old Native American site, then reli... Read More
Rising Seas From Warming Will Imperil Millions More Than Earlier Predicted Nov. 12, 2019
A new study finds that previous estimates of the impact of rising sea levels on coastal communities ... Read More
For Farmers Hit by Climate Change, Trump Offers Only Anti-Science Hokum Oct. 28, 2019
American farmers are on the front lines of climate change, wracked by crop-killing floods and rising... Read More
Short Takes on a Tobacco Take-Down and a Geyser Gaffe Oct. 07, 2019
Nothing Says 'Green' Like Plastic When your entire political party is founded on eco-righteousness, ... Read More
