The Gift of a Raccoon Skull

Mom got all excited when she found this today. She thought she’d lost her raccoon skull. You see this skull is very, very special! A man went to pee above the creek and miraculously came back, walked up to her, handing her this raccoon skull. Then it was dirty and yellow. Mom cleaned it all…

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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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Throwback Thursday – Bobcat

This is the moment that one of the bobcats strolled up to my camera at this spot and sat down. If I didn’t know better I would say she knew the camera was on taking her photograph. Over the years of this research, bobcats are now one of my most favorited animals. The cameras not…

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