Large Meteor Impacts, Part II: The Great Extinction
March 26, 2021 6:27 pm Leave your thoughtsToday, every schoolchild has heard that a big meteor ended the dinosaur era. But this common knowledge sometimes consists of... Read More →
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About Lon Drake
This old guy's favorite large-scale conservation projects include integrating soils, water, plants, and animals, especially native species. I still bike through my South Sycamore stormwater management system from 2001.
Big Meteorite Impacts, Part I: The Lunar Reference
March 20, 2021 1:57 am 1 CommentIn my blog “Stardust” from September 12, 2019, we considered the steady rain of small meteorites which enter our atmosphere... Read More →
Such An Improbable Animal
March 6, 2021 5:40 pm 2 CommentsIf you or I had the assignment to design an animal well-adapted to the winter rigors of central Canada and... Read More →
Winter Deer and Disease
February 20, 2021 5:31 pm Leave your thoughtsIowa is in a good location regarding the effects of winter on its deer population. Further north, above the Canadian... Read More →
Pine Siskins: Goldfinches in Disguise
February 13, 2021 4:52 pm 1 CommentNorthern states tend to have most of their hunting seasons in autumn. One of the reasons is that winter mortality... Read More →
Buckbrush and Deer in Winter
February 6, 2021 4:17 am 1 CommentA few years ago, I offered several notes about native coralberry and how this small shrub is useful to birds... Read More →
Woodlot Surprise: A Broadaxe
January 30, 2021 5:19 pm 6 CommentsWhen we moved into our rural homestead in 1977, there was a misshapen oak tree growing through a wire fence.... Read More →
Ice Safety
January 23, 2021 3:47 am 2 CommentsSo far it has been a mild winter, keeping our midseason pond ice marginal for ice fishing and other topside... Read More →
A Little History of the Birchbark Canoe
January 16, 2021 4:39 pm 2 CommentsA few weeks ago, we took a quick look back at the North American kayak as noted by early Europeans... Read More →
Managing a Firewood Woodlot
January 9, 2021 5:04 pm Leave your thoughtsHeating your house with firewood is sometimes rated as carbon neutral because it is solar energy via photosynthesis, stored as... Read More →
