Adventures in Conservation: Convicts with Knives
December 13, 2018
In 2005, Judy Joyce and I were working on an erosion control project on the banks of Clear Creek. We... Read More →
Guest post: Remembering Nature’s Power
December 10, 2018
The Land Trust Alliance blog continues to tackle many conservation issues, and I thought I would share with you their... Read More →
Animal Tracking Part 1: Body Plans
December 6, 2018
Well, our first snow came about on schedule for those of us south of I-80, and it offered a few... Read More →
A Glimpse of Snowy Whitetail
December 3, 2018
Nearly all of my encounters with deer have been distant, a quick glimpse of snowy whitetail as the rest of... Read More →
Building a Better Brushpile
November 29, 2018
Many of the books and articles about creating or improving habitat advocate building brushpiles. And in my experience, this advocacy... Read More →
We Just Got Punked
November 26, 2018
With the burn crew looking on, we light our test fire and watch the fire’s behavior. I can sense the... Read More →
Winterberry: An Attractive and Useful Native
November 22, 2018
The East Coast has about a dozen species of holly, most of them evergreen, with pointy leaves and red berries,... Read More →
Since I’m Looking Out the Window Anyway….
November 19, 2018
I haven’t participated in Project Feederwatch for the past several years. Since moving to a house in a new subdivision,... Read More →
A Different Deer Encounter
November 15, 2018
Back around the turn of the century, I designed a stormwater corridor for the southeast corner of Iowa City. It... Read More →
Guest Post: Where do Pollinators Go In the Winter?
November 12, 2018
Now that the weather has turned cooler and we’ve had our first real snow, the question on some people’s minds... Read More →
