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When New Life Begins

By: Christena September 2, 2019September 1, 2019

Nature StoriesBuffalo Lake National Wildlife Refuge, Comanche Springs Astronomy Campus, Discoveries, Wildlife Conservation, Wildlife Photography5 Comments

With August 2019 came new wildlife discoveries. Most of these encounters were just beginning a new life. It is rare to experience seeing baby wildlife at their most vulnerable. The world they entered is not as safe as it used to be. That does not even include that everything has a predator and everything is…

You Don’t Know What You’re Missing – Our Visit to the Buffalo Lake NWR

By: Christena July 5, 2017January 23, 2018

Nature StoriesBuffalo Lake National Wildlife Refuge, Friends of High Plains Complex, GetOutside, Nature, USFWS, Wildlife Conservation, Wildlife Photography, Wildlife RefugesLeave a Comment

Four friends who support the Friends of the High Plains Refuge Complex met at the Buffalo Lake Refuge south of Umbarger, Texas on the first day of July this year. Thankfully, it was not overbearingly hot as some recent days in this region where temperatures have topped over 100+. Willa and Daria had never…

Rare Blooms of Lace Cactus

By: Christena May 30, 2017January 23, 2018

Nature StoriesBuffalo Lake National Wildlife Refuge, Grulla National Wildlife Refuge, I Heart Nature, Inspiration, Lace Cactus, Muleshoe National Wildlife Refuge, Nature Photography, WildflowersLeave a Comment

As I was turning off the road from White Lake at Muleshoe National Wildlife Refuge, onto the main road these bright pink flowers caught my eye in the stands of dead grass. I stopped the car and immediately carefully hiked it to, without the protection of snake boots I might add because of my excitement.…