Similar to 50 years ago, rare wildflowers and other plants are signaling a rejuvenation of life on Mt. George, while providing spring pastel colors to the blackened landscape. One of the rarest and most vibrant wildflowers Land Trust of Napa County has found on its...
Olympic curling lends itself especially well to an internet reading list. Rivers: America’s lifeblood (U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service) https://www.fws.gov/refuges/features/rivers.html Found: A plant bonanza hidden in China’s caves (Atlas Obscura)...
Let us do the dirty work of finding cool stuff to read. Dinosaur-era bird found trapped in Amber (National Geographic) https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2018/02/dinosaurs-birds-trapped-amber-fossils-paleontology-science/ California state parks begins...
Catch up on these links and you’ll have plenty to talk about at the water cooler that’s not Super Bowl related. Chile creates national parks from donated land (BBC) http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-42868690 Butano Creek is coming back to life...
We can now add migratory songbirds to a growing list of serendipitous benefactors of the long-term oak savannah restoration at our Wantrup Preserve. Recently, the Sacramento Bee published a story on how migratory songbirds seem to prefer native oaks....
You don’t have to wait until Saturday to check them out! Digital library of James Audubon prints for viewing or download (Audubon) http://www.audubon.org/birds-of-america The business of planting trees (Nature Conservancy)...