Mammoths: A Book Review
December 5, 2019 7:00 pm 2 CommentsMammoths: Giants of the Ice Age, by Adrian Lister and Paul Bahn, revised edition 2015 – Chartwell Books Everyone knows... Read More →
Author Archives for Lon Drake
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.
Proof that Core and Corridor Conservation Works: The Florida Panther
November 28, 2019 7:00 pm 4 CommentsOn June 20, 27, and July 4 of this year I offered an overview of the core and corridor conservation... Read More →
The Indiangrass Hills
November 21, 2019 7:00 pm 10 CommentsIt was a half century ago when a young Richard Sanders Rhodes came to the Geology Department at the University... Read More →
Window Birds
November 14, 2019 7:00 pm 2 CommentsIt has been recognized for decades that windows create a high mortality rate amongst birds. They see a mirror-like reflection... Read More →
Teatime in the Woods
November 7, 2019 7:00 pm 1 CommentWhen I am going to spend a day in a remote area – hiking, mapping, fishing, or searching for some... Read More →
Where are the Savanna Birds?
October 31, 2019 6:00 pm 1 CommentA third of a century ago, savannas were considered to be merely transition zones, viewed as either thinly wooded prairie... Read More →
Managed Succession
October 24, 2019 6:00 pm Leave your thoughtsBiologically, the term succession refers to a shift in plant and animal communities over time. For example, if you stop... Read More →
Managing Construction Erosion
October 17, 2019 6:00 pm Leave your thoughtsEvery year there is a lot of construction activity in our area, assured by the growing metropolis in our midst.... Read More →
Arrowheads
October 10, 2019 6:00 pm Leave your thoughtsFor many of us, finding an arrowhead in the field becomes an interesting link to the past, a pause in... Read More →
The Curse of the Kobolds
October 3, 2019 6:00 pm 1 CommentMining in the Harz Mountains of Germany has been done since medieval times. The miners of that era believed that... Read More →
