How to Save a Girdled Tree

I saw it coming. I knew the tree was going to die, sooner rather than later, but I didn’t do anything to save it…

3rd Annual Congress of Herpetology

On Friday through Sunday, April 27 – 29, 2018, I attended the 3rd NC Congress of Herpetology Meeting…

Join us for a FREE hike to the peak of Dark Mountain – The LandTrust’s most recent land acquisition…

I’ve only been turkey hunting a handful of times this spring, but it’s my absolute favorite time of year to be in…

On April 24, the episode of Jeopardy I was watching was interrupted by a tornado warning for Stanly and…

We were less than a week into spring. The weather was cold and gray, but the landscape in my Charlotte neighborhood…

Hooded mergansers (Lophodytes cucullatus) are small ducks with a fan-shaped crest on their head, which makes…

“There are two spiritual dangers in not owning a farm. One is the danger of supposing that breakfast comes from…

I visited another one of our local state parks this past week. Located only about an hour and a half from Troy…

April – the month that quickens the pulse of birders across the Piedmont. Songbirds also feel the…