Pollen Storm
High winds shake the ponderosas. Golden pollen pours from male cones. Thunder growls above lava fields. Skies…
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Forest Nurses Give Life to the Trees
Across the world, hospital nurses are putting their lives on the line for people suffering and dying…
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Come Home to Nature: Shelter in Place Tips for the Pandemic
Italians are singing from the balconies like birds chorusing springtime renewal. As we, too, face the likelihood…
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Davis Lake Light Show
Do not look away. Nothing is more important. This thunder is the drumroll for a light show…
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Night Shift Blues for the Barred Owl
A cacophony of Canada Jays in a rage shakes the somnolence of midday within a wild forest…
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architecture | birds | conservation | Nature | trees
Swift Ballet
Aerial ballet. A thousand sky dancers spin around the brick chimney. Gather to watch in downtown Bend,…
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birds | conservation | Nature | trees
Redwoods Revelation
Varied thrushes chord the evening shafts of light with one note songs. Alone in the Rockefeller Forest…
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birds | conservation | Nature | trees | wildlife
Of Varied Thrushes, a Douglas Squirrel, and a Bib for the Calico Cat
Every shortening day, the drama unfolds out our back window in the pine woods of Bend, Oregon….
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conservation | Nature | Rivers | trees | wildlife
Saving Ponderosa 58
The ancient ponderosa of the upper Imnaha River bears a ring of blue paint on the front…
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climate change | conservation | flowers | hiking | Nature | trees
Our Love-Hate Relationship with Fire
Fire crackles and pops in our living room wood stove. I’m cozying up on this fall morning…
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