Wildlife Wednesday Smiles – Mom Porcupine

Meet a porcupine mom for today’s Wildlife Wednesday Smiles. This was the bestest discovery moment – a porcupine mom at the base of over a 75-foot hackberry tree while her porcupette slept in its upper branches. During the excitement over seeing the baby, it took an entire walk around the base of the tree to…

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What the Water Tank Brought – Part 2

It has been almost a year since a 3RF conservation volunteer bought a livestock water tank to replace a metal one that had long seen better days on the main part of the 3 Rivers Foundation campus. The tank was placed under a honey mesquite tree to protect it near the ongoing and evolving pollinator…

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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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