Birding til we drop
Bird-a-thon, changing bad bird names, new chances for land conservation, and plant of the week
A goodbye walk on Buck Hill
Reflecting on living beside the Blue Hills, calls for a national park in Georgia, and plant of the week
A brief reflection on dunes at Sandy Neck
Getting the COVID vaccine, returning national parks to Indigenous peoples, and plant of the week
Meditation on skunk cabbage
There's no wrong time to see a warm, pungent flower
Film noir landscape writing
How to light a scene in prose, another look at Bears Ears National Monument, and plant of the week
Courting turkeys, a beefy climate podcast, and plant of the week
A new "How to Save a Planet" episode explores how beef and other foods factor into climate change solutions
New Bedford's Pacific connection, Willa Cather and Midwestern landscapes, and plant of the week
Also: Vijay Iyer on listening and composing with the spine
Drumming woodpeckers, blazing brushfires, and other charming signs of spring
Resources to support Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in the South following the hate crime in Atlanta + news on unionizing efforts at Audubon
Local climate fronts, snow trails, and plant of the week
Super-pollutants down the street, a sub-snow habitat, and a tentative sign of spring
The squirrel that cried hawk
Small mammal banter, flammable trees, and plant of the week
Odd bark and a feral cat tale
Why eucalyptus bark sheds, Eve the one-eyed cat, and plant of the week
Preventable disasters, safety in the field, and plant of the week
The power failures in Texas and a reckoning with sexual assault in birding
Sarah M. Broom on her family's home
How the meaning of a place can change over time + a many-colored plant of the week
The weirdest bark in the woods
Racism on the Appalachian Trail, Keystone pipeline cancelled, and plant of the week (a tree!)
Burning trash and breeding birds
An incinerator's landfill that also hosts uncommon birds + plant of the week (a fern!)
The beach in winter
Looking for a snowy owl + plant of the week
How hemlock holds a forest together
An evergreen plant of the week and an essay by Major Jackson
Reader question: What's going on with this forest?
Aimee Nezhukumatathil's new book, forest transitions, and plant of the week
Serviceberry economics
Robin Wall Kimmerer on gift economies
Watching a nor'easter on top of a hill
Storms as social distancing, Rep. Haaland for Interior Secretary, and plant of the week