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LAKE ARIEL, PA — All are invited to hike with a forest specialist at Lacawac Sanctuary at 10 a.m. on Saturday, October 5. You’ll be led by a Lacawac environmental educator and a forest … more
“How does a snake digest its food?” This is a question you might find yourself pondering one day when you nearly trample upon a snoozing garter snake lying in a sunny patch of gnarly … more
I like to think I prepare myself to be flexible and adaptable, always at the ready for strange and unforeseen opportunities that come my way. Like a corporate executive smelling out opportunity from … more
If you like to be outside and don’t care for the oppressive mid-day heat that is usually around in mid-summer, then this is the time for you.  The first several days of September gave … more
Those of you who regularly read this column know that I have written extensively about the little sulphur mayfly. Ever since the implementation of the water releases legislation in 1976, the time and … more
We almost had a head start. By almost, I mean we did have a head start, until it turned into a false start. I’m not sure how many seasonal canning people are out there right now cursing the … more
“In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks,” wrote the renowned naturalist and conservationist, John Muir. While I normally wouldn’t take issue with Muir and his … more
We all have likely seen at least one monarch butterfly flying around the garden over the course of the summer, or perhaps we have spotted monarch caterpillars on milkweed plants. If you look closely … more
The first time I fished for trout in the East Branch of the Delaware River was over Memorial Day weekend in 1959. It was shortly after New York City completed the construction of Pepacton Reservoir … more
Are you sneezing and wheezing as you make your way around the upper Delaware River region lately? Have you spied the brilliant yellow blooms of goldenrod and blamed them for your suffering?  … more
If there was anything I went into this year with garden-related confidence, it was cucumber plants. Confidence, it would seem, breeds new learning opportunities in the form of previously … more
After the heavy rains from the remnants of tropical storm Debby hit the area, it was a good time to venture into the regular wildlife haunts in search of animals on the move and plants in bloom. … more
It all began way back in 1842, when New York City completed and brought online the first Croton Reservoir, located in Westchester County. Years later, in 1905, that water body was enlarged and named … more
The poet Emily Dickinson declared the mysterious white plant “the preferred flower of life.” Others call it ghost plant, ghost pipe or Indian pipe. Some mistake it for a mushroom. Its … more
Nature can be as brutal as it is beautiful. It might be the ivory symmetry of a winter-killed deer skull resting in a crystal stream, or the vibrant colors of a flower atop a poisonous plant.  … more
The third PA Breeding Bird Atlas got underway this year. This undertaking is a partnership between Hawk Mountain Sanctuary, the Pennsylvania Game Commission (PGC) and the Pennsylvania Bird Atlas … more
By this time each year, in July and August, some of our trout streams are in perilous condition. High water temperatures along with low flows set up life-threatening conditions for trout … more
Grace, in the natural world, often appears in the form of unexpected beauty. I looked up from writing that line just in time to see a doe and fawn nibbling their way across a neighbor’s lawn, … more
CAYUGA LAKE, NY — New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) interim commissioner Sean Mahar recently announced that a new state record for largemouth bass was set on July … more
It can be easy to begin to fool yourself or even others that you know everything. Sometimes I have to hold back from making an educated assumption about things on the farm when there exists a perfect … more
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