The mission of the Nature Conservancy (TNC) is to protect and promote biodiversity, which includes the wide variety of plants and animals that inhabit our planet.* And while TNC scientists implement comprehensive strategies to preserve habitats for many species, for some of us our blood quickens a little bit more for those certain species with … Continue reading Birdwatching on Lake Erie
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Wildflower Walk at Nan Weston Preserve
One of the joys of living in the Great Lakes region is a springtime walk in the woods. After a cold winter and a wet spring, sunshine calls us out to explore and reconnect with the living world, and nothing celebrates rebirth more than colorful wildflowers poking through brown leaves and the sound of spring … Continue reading Wildflower Walk at Nan Weston Preserve
Finding, and Saving, the Places that Matter
When someone says the word "environment" in some policy or scientific context, do you think about a place? I often recall some special spot: a campsite once shared with friends, the river of my youth, a National Park, that trail I often return to for re-creation, a beach, or the patch of wildflowers in the … Continue reading Finding, and Saving, the Places that Matter
Walks with Tom 