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This week I share another favorite spring woodland wildflower, wild geranium (Geranium maculatum). This species provides important early season pollinator support and looks beautiful planted with other shade-loving plants. Its tolerance to a range of light and soil conditions makes...
This week I share a lovely little native woodland wildflower, foamflower (Tiarella cordifolia). This perennial forb makes a nice groundcover and does well interplanted with other shade-loving plants. Its early spring blooms provide important early season pollinator support for bees,...
Turtle time is officially here, and our native turtles as well as all of our herpetofauna (reptiles and amphibians) could use your help with road crossings and navigating other obstacles. Chippewa Nature Center Interpretive Naturalist, Lindsey Harrell, explains when to...
Happy Amphibian Week 2023! This week I discuss all the great resources available on the homepage of this worldwide celebration of amphibians and how you can learn about the amphibian species of the Midwest Region and Michigan. I encourage you...
This week I feature Carolyn Foley, an enthusiastic researcher with Purdue University and Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant. She explains what microplastics are, where they come from, what we currently understand about their ecological and toxicological impacts in aquatic habitats, and what...
This week I check in with numerous participants of the Earth Day Action Expo hosted at Dow High School in Midland, MI. Enjoy their varied and heartfelt answers to this question: "Why do you celebrate Earth Day?" I hope their...
This week I highlight April as National Native Plant Month. I discuss why native plants are an important part of our natural heritage and so beneficial in our landscapes and offer some ideas of how you can learn more about...
This week I share one of my favorite sounds of spring: our native frog and toad breeding calls. Learn how to tell Michigan's 13 species of frogs and toads apart by sound and where you can report your observations as...
This week I take you on a tour of a scenic natural spring in Bedford, Pennsylvania. Black Spring is one of eight mineral springs on the property of the historic Omni Bedford Spring Resort. It feeds Red Oak Lakes and...
