The Wood Wide Web
A mushroom is the fruiting body of a much larger organism that lives underground in the forest. Most people have learned that fungus is...
Small Bug, Big Impact
This past month, I visited Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area for a conference. You might think this NPS unit would be located...
An Ocean in Sullivan County?
For the past 3 years, I have been asking friends about their favorite swimming holes, places they like to cool off in during the hottest...
Who's lodging in the Pond? Part 2
A week ago, our new field technician, Todd Macomber, told Lionel and I about a place on the Unity Mountain trail near Marshall Pond that...
Who's Lodging in the Pond?
The pond near the Eco Ag Center is coming alive again after a long, cold spring. Baltimore orioles, red-winged black birds, tree...
Small Beauties
Most of the time I go hiking, my eyes are focused ahead of me or I'm looking up into the trees. Years of leading long hikes have trained...
Follow the Eyeshine
Have you ever gone out at dusk or after dark with a flashlight and shined it into the woods or the edge of the lawn or bushes in your...
Woodcock Sky Courtship
The first time I witnessed the woodcock mating ritual was in Knoxville, Tennessee in early March in the backwoods of Ijams Nature Center....
Sharing Homes
Winter is a great time to observe the apartment complexes created by pileated woodpeckers in standing, dead trees, a.k.a. snags. These...
Fire Dependent Ecosystems
When I lived and worked in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, I often led hikers to rocky, ridgetops where many plants are...
