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With a forecast high of 74 degrees Wednesday, temperatures in Columbia could break records.Wednesday’s expected spike in temperature comes amid a trend of unseasonably warm weather that has lingered in mid-Missouri for much of December.
If you’re a Boomer like me, you may remember Coyote and Roadrunner, the animated cartoon series set in the desert Southwest. In every episode, Wile E. Coyote devises some complex contraption in hopes of capturing his favored prey, Roadrunner, who...
Published: 3/5/2021 10:00:47 AM There comes a time in every mammal mother’s life when her young leave. For some, this comes in a matter of weeks, for others it might be years. As I follow bobcat tracks through snow on a mid-winter day, dispersal is on my mind. My 18-year-old son is preparing to fledge, and I ponder this transition as I track the cat through a tangle of wetland shrubs. Is this lone cat one of the kittens I watched play not far from here last summer? Is it, like my son, on its way to new horizons, to set down its mark, and fill its belly with the meat of the world?
There comes a time in every mammal motherâs life when her young leave. For some, this comes in a matter of weeks, for others it might be years. As I follow bobcat tracks through snow on a mid-winter day, dispersal is on my mind. My 18-year-old son is preparing to fledge, and I ponder this transition as I track the cat through a tangle of wetland shrubs. Is this lone cat one of the kittens I watched play not far from here last summer? Is it, like my son, on its way to new horizons, to set down its mark, and fill its belly with the meat of the world?
If you want to see how our forests have changed over the past 300 years, just drive down to Petersham,