J. Morton Galetto, CU Maurice River

Romancing the Wren

Marsh wrens commonly return to the same breeding territories year after year, making an orb-shaped nest with a side entrance. The male may construct...

Red Maple Spring

Along Maurice River, the budding red maple trees contrast with the evergreen pines. This week I was reminded by the flowering of the red...

Rx: Ecotherapy

Next time someone tells you to go take a hike you may want to interpret it as a recommendation, or at very least a...

Periglacial Past

Ferguson house in 1974; by then, the house was Weatherby’s. CU file photoprovided by Billie Giberson Moloney Last week, you may recall, we talked about...

Reading the Landscape

CU Maurice River members listen attentively to Mark Demitroff as he describes periglacial features on the Maurice River Bluffs preserve. Photo: Joan Lawrence-Rhoads On March...

Open-Air Classroom

There’s no better way to prepare the next generation as it heads out into a world ofenvironmental challenges than to immerse them in nature...