Ice glistening on a cold January morning.
Hand over the almond, now, or there will be blood!
SOURCE: Counterpunch.org “Public lands ranchers have always hated the trees. Just like native predators are killed as rancher enemies, native trees (and sage) take up space where grass might grow so they must be destroyed. In all of these projects, BLM ballyhoos wildfire suppression benefits, ignoring that deforestation creates hotter, drier, windier, weedier sites with longer fire […]
via The Terrible Destruction of Pinyon-Juniper Forests — Straight from the Horse’s Heart
Many months ago, I wrote a post about the remarkable journey of the Connecticut Cat: a mountain lion (Puma concolor; cougar; puma), that traveled over 2,700 km from the Black Hills in South Dakota to Milford, Connecticut.1 This cat’s extraordinary story begs the question, might other mountain lions also be moving east? The short answer […]
via Mountain Lions are Expanding their Range Eastwards — The Jaguar
by Brett French as published on The Independent Record Last year the combination of slaughter and hunting removed 1,171 bison from Yellowstone Last year the combination of slaughter and hunting removed 1,171 bison from Yellowstone. Of that total, 375 were killed by hunters — mostly tribal hunters — and 694 were sent to slaughter. The […]
via Yellowstone plans to ship 600-900 bison to slaughter this winter — Straight from the Horse’s Heart
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Otter Lake, Seguin Township
Through the Arbor
Agnes the Gargoyle
Garden Revolution: How Our Landscapes Can Be a Source of Environmental Change is one of several recently published books addressing the “whys” and “hows” of sustainable, naturalistic garden plantings
via The Master Gardeners’ Bookshelf – Garden Revolution — Master Gardeners of Northern Virginia
Mother nature sure knows how to usher in a new year with flare! Over the last two days, many of us in central Ontario – in the District of Parry Sound, have been treated to a glorious new year’s with frosted snow covered trees, roads and lakes. Everything sparkles!
Otter Lake © PerchSpective
Welcome 2019! So far, so beautiful!
