by James Bennie One autumn a few years ago, I was photographing butterflies and plants in Olmito when I noticed a yellow sulphur butterfly struggling like
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by Chuck Cornell In 2015, my friend, Gus Rentfro, mentioned that he knew a guy who banded raptors. “Would you like to go out with
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Native annuals are beginning to appear, like Pennsylvania pellitory, a benign, unassuming plant that doesn’t seem to do anything except exist. It’s a plant that
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by Richard Loya Behind the Gates, an educational component of the East Foundation, has been hosting field lessons for thousands of fifth grade students for
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by Bill Rich A few years ago my friend Sylvia Casselman told me that she was excited about some frog fruit that had established itself
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by Sandra Mink I see these slate gray birds with their long sturdy orange beaks hunched over, hiding in the thick tangled brush. I see