This week I share some marvelous pollinator-focused projects in a business landscape near Jackson, Michigan, Shady Acres Campground, owned by Connie Spotts. An educator extraordinaire and lifelong learner, Connie shows us around the property she has been stewarding for nearly...
This week I share an often underrated but wonderful summer-to-fall blooming wildflower that supports pollinators in my own store landscape: Black-Eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta). This species is a great addition to sunny and dry pollinator gardens and along well-drained zones...
I hope you had a great National Pollinator Week! This week I share an often overlooked but wonderful June-blooming wildflower that supports pollinators in my own store landscape: Sand coreopsis or Sand tickseed (Coreopsis lanceolata). This species is a great...
This week I interview Benjamin VanDyke and Lily Kelsey from The Little Forks Conservancy about their newly opened Three Ponds Nature Preserve. Together with the Saginaw Bay CISMA and Little Forks staff, volunteers conducted ecological restoration in the form of...
We're so excited to celebrate our five-year anniversary as a small business and want to say thank you to all our customers, family, friends, staff, volunteers, vendors, and community members for supporting us in this nature adventure! This week my...
This week I review the proposed changes to Endangered Species Act (ESA) regulation to help you know what the changes are, understand the ramifications, and give you the opportunity to steward our rare species. By rescinding the definition of "harm"...
This week I chat with Matthew Lindauer, the Central Michigan CISMA Coordinator, about the upcoming 2025 Annual Meeting for our 5-county region. Our local Cooperative Invasive Species Management Area offers landowners and stewards many great resources, and this year's annual...
Last but certainly not least, I share a third site as part of our Hawai'i Birding Trails exploration, the Kaulana Manu Nature Trail. I compare and contrast the native wet forest landscape of this depressional kipuka to that of the...
Building off of last week's introduction to the Hawai'i Birding Trails, we visit the largest tract of dry forest remaining on the Big Island and hike the Palila Forest Discovery Trail on Mauna Kea's southwest slope. Learn about the ecology,...
