Although the word conservation suits the laws of physics and the prevention of waste, its highest calling is in the preservation of nature. Conservation is now synonymous with the protection of life outdoors. Yet a protector is now gone. Legendary scientist and conservationist Hubert "Hub" Vogelmann died Friday, October 11, at age 84. An ecologist,… Continue reading Hubert “Hub” Vogelmann (1928-2013)
By Bryan Pfeiffer An entire season of fall foliage flares from a single plant. Find your fireworks on Hobblebush (Viburnum alnifolium). This understory gem may be the perfect shrub. It adds food and habitat diversity – for nesting birds and other wildlife – beneath forest canopy. And its blooms play a crafty game of… Continue reading Hobblebush on Fire
By Clare Crosby - Now awaiting a frolic through your senses is one of nature’s most delightful candies, a reward so discreet that you probably pass it by during walks on life's long, green path. When you are next high on some mountain trail, in dense coniferous woods, or near a spruce bog, find an… Continue reading The Forecast Calls for Snowberries
By Gus Goodwin I suspect there is a positive correlation between one’s appreciation for fir waves and one’s distance from them. From a distance, fir waves etch a pleasing pattern on the landscape, pose interesting ecological questions, and remind us that turmoil can be a form of stability. Up close, they inflict scrapes and puncture… Continue reading Fir Waves
By Ryan Morra - April showers bring more than May flowers, and birds aren’t the only creatures producing fantastic choruses in the springtime. While birders will set their alarms for 5:00am in order to catch the rainbow of spring migrants arriving in Vermont, herpetologists – that is, aficionados of amphibians and reptiles – will spend… Continue reading In Search of Herps
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