by Gus Goodwin I suspect there is a positive correlation between one’s appreciation for fir waves and one’s distance from them. From a distance, fir waves etch a pleasing pattern on the landscape, pose interesting ecological questions, and remind us that turmoil can be a form of stability. Up close, they inflict scrapes and puncture [...]
Archive for the ‘Natural Destinations’ Category
Fir Waves
Posted in Botany, Natural Destinations on April 15, 2013 | Comments Off
The Burlington Naturalist Scavenger Hunt Series: Williston’s Muddy Brook Wetland
Posted in Botany, Discoveries, Natural Destinations, Wildlife on February 28, 2012 | Comments Off
A special series of blog posts brought to you by Liz Brownlee – The Burlington Naturalist Scavenger Hunt Series: Discover the area’s hidden gems. Hone your naturalist skills. Learn to see the treasures along every walking path, trail, and creek. This series of scavenger hunts is a chance to get outside, look closely at the world around you, [...]
The Charisma of the Drab
Posted in Discoveries, Natural Destinations, tagged Amateurs, Audrey, Biophilia, Charismatic megafauna, Experts, Insects, Paris, Specimens, Weevils on February 7, 2012 | Comments Off
by Audrey Clark Wandering down Boulevard Saint Germain near Notre Dame in Paris, I passed a store window filled with insect specimens on display. The stylish sign read Claude et Nature (Claude and Nature). I veered into the store, astonished that such a place exists. A small stuffed bison (small for a bison, that is) [...]
Natural Destinations: Dead Creek Wildlife Management Area
Posted in Migrations, Natural Destinations, tagged birds, Cathy, Dead Creek Wildlife Management Area, snow geese on November 7, 2011 | 1 Comment »
by Cathy Bell (originally posted on vtdigger.org) Every autumn, thousands of snow geese take a break from their 5,000 mile southbound migration to rest and feed at Dead Creek Wildlife Management Area in Addison, Vermont. Journeying from their breeding grounds on the Arctic tundra to their winter range in the mid-Atlantic and southeastern states, the [...]
Natural Destinations: Silvio O. Conte National Fish and Wildlife Refuge
Posted in Natural Destinations, tagged American woodcock, Brunswick, Connecticut River Watershed, Mollie Beattie Bog, Northeast Kingdom, Nulhegan River, Silvio O. Conte National Fish and Wildlife Refuge, Vermont, Wild Brook Trout on October 7, 2011 | Comments Off
By Danielle Owczarski Far from Burlington, hidden in the low basin of the Nulhegan River in the Northeast Kingdom, awaits a little known National Fish and Wildlife Refuge. The 26,000 acres of refugium established in 1999 encompasses three headwater tributaries to the Nulhegan River, itself a tributary to the 7.2 million acre Connecticut River watershed. [...]