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Conifers are a group of cone bearing plants that produce seeds without flowers or fruit. Almost all conifer species are trees, while a few are shrubs. Conifer forests dominate much of the Northern H...
We plant a “bunch” of sunflowers in our garden. We enjoy insect activity around the blooming heads in midsummer and later, after pollination and seed formation, the bird activity too. Bumble bees, ho...
We have a tendency to observe things at eye level. I know I did, and sometimes, still do. But not all that nature offers is in the trees or atop flower stalks. When I’m out nature snooping (which is a...
Our official state mammal is the white-tailed deer. Most, including me in this week’s column, will refer to them as whitetails. Whitetails have been surprisingly adaptable. Near the beginning of the ...
It’s beginning to sound like a broken record; another species in trouble. The subject animal this week is not one of the most visible or dynamic, yet the wood turtle’s problems are much to blame on hu...