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Bog in a Box

August 10, 2019August 10, 2019 fnepalumni

By Katherine Hale -- Fourth grade in North Carolina means studying everything there is to know about the state, or at least as many facts as your average nine-year-old will retain in a semester. That was the year all three verses of the official state song were forever cemented into my memory—hurrah, hurrah, the Old… Continue reading Bog in a Box

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Iced In, a Story of the Wood Frog

November 24, 2018 fnepalumni

by Meredith Naughton He started this year off like he has every other—frozen solid. While people may dress in layers of wool and down to deter the chill, the wood frog simply lets the cold in. Sitting on the ground or tucked under the leaves, the wood frog spends each winter motionless, his body frozen… Continue reading Iced In, a Story of the Wood Frog

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Sliding Back in Time

November 1, 2018November 1, 2018 fnepalumni

by Eric Hagen, Field Naturalist Cohort AJ Historic Aerial Imagery Mapping Tool It’s easy for us to see nature change with the seasons, but it’s much harder to imagine the changes that take decades or centuries to develop. I wanted to see how Richmond’s new town forest has changed in the past century, so I… Continue reading Sliding Back in Time

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Beechdrops, Bears, and the Tree In Between

October 20, 2018 fnepalumni

by Grace Glynn Field Naturalist Cohort AJ (2019) The bear is ambling toward me, snout low to the ground, not yet picking up my scent.  I’m crouched low and still in the ravine. He’s rummaging in the leaf litter, moving haltingly like a person scouring the ground for a lost set of keys.  Nothing in… Continue reading Beechdrops, Bears, and the Tree In Between

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Persimmon Pursuits

October 20, 2018 fnepalumni

by Katherine Hale The persimmons are ripe and the last harvest of the season here in central North Carolina is on. A brilliant shade of jack-o-lantern orange, the fruits dangle at the ends of the branches for observant passers-by to snag for a snack. As Halloween approaches, those glowing lanterns are suddenly everywhere—and the game… Continue reading Persimmon Pursuits

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