Rose Mallow: Our River Flower
September 21, 2017
The mallow family is quite extensive in the tropics, with fewer species as one proceeds poleward. The domestics probably most... Read More →
Record Rains
September 7, 2017
Two decades ago I was still teaching Engineering Geology, with several weeks of lecture, lab, and field trips devoted to... Read More →
Why Do We Care?
August 31, 2017
Barb and I recently sat out in the driveway, and watched last week’s cloudy eclipse come and go. And to... Read More →
Teenage Hummingbirds Tag-Team Their Mom
August 24, 2017
Last April I posted a blog about my large trellis array covered with flowering native trumpet honeysuckle. It’s still in... Read More →
Coralberry: Opportunity for Pollinators and Birds
August 17, 2017
Our native coralberry, AKA Indian current and buckbrush, is pretty much ignored by conservationists. It is a small shrub, often... Read More →
Shellbark Hickory, The Tree That Used To Be
August 10, 2017
Today almost all hickory trees in Johnson County live on the uplands. You probably know them well – shagbark, bitternut,... Read More →
George Palmiter Invents Green Stream Management
August 3, 2017
Following up on my recent Clear Creek blog, this is a little behind-the-scenes look at the history of stream management,... Read More →
A Clear Creek Cleanup
July 27, 2017
Seth Somerville, our land stewardship guy at Bur Oak Land Trust, recently organized a maintenance project on Clear Creek, which... Read More →
Attack Bats? Probably Not
July 20, 2017
Whether you live in town or out in the country, you might find yourself sharing a room with a flying... Read More →
Hoping to Disappoint, Again, at “Seize The Carp” Day
July 13, 2017
Back in 2014 Judy Joyce shared her goal to create a local riverfest, to encourage folks to take more interest... Read More →
