Helping a Student in Minnesota

Environmental and biological teaching outreach comes from the most unexpected places. I do not know how a teacher/principal in Minnesota found my blog but he did and this is the outreach opportunity. An email arrived via my blog asking me for skull identification help. The science teacher recounted that he had a student who visited…

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Gift of Tables and Owl Boxes

It’s almost been a week and tears are still welling in my eyes., even as I write this.  The gift of tables should not make you cry. These did.  The gift of these tables should not be worth more than gold. They are to me. Beyond words, my heart can find I am deeply grateful…

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Why Am I Seeing Purple Prickly Pear Cacti?

Plants, trees, and cacti all have their breaking points when it comes to handling what Mother Nature throws at them. They have mechanisms in place to help them react to weather changes as we have the capability to react to either cold or hot temperatures.  Have you noticed that the normal green-hued prickly pear cacti…

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Wildlife Celebration of 2021

A wildlife celebration of the best wildlife captures on remote cameras at 3 Rivers Foundation in 2021. The year brought the discovery of beavers, confirmed a yellow-billed cuckoo, the birth of raccoon kits, and one bobcat kitten. Always fascinating to see the surprises of white-tailed deer interacting with birds. Now for the arrival of 2022…

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