Your Land Explained

Lichen, so intriguing...

Starting a new miniseries--"Sky Detectives". You could check your phone for the weather forecast, or you could just look up into the sky....

How do mule deer survive the winter?

A quick trip into rocks and the mountains they make

The rabbitbrush is host to a parade of interesting characters

Clouds in all their glory, and physics

Starting a new miniseries now that it's full-on summer..."Rivers!!" Like the kayaker here, I get all excited about this part of the hydro...

big white blossoms- exploration of driving forces behind this spring phenomenon

The amazing phenomenon of snowmelt

Spring annuals are like a cast of characters in a play

A new 6 part miniseries..."This Is What Drought Looks Like". Here we are, in the middle of a bunch of atmospheric river storms, but that ...

New Series: "How'd that get here? Just about strange things you find in Nature that have an interesting backstory. This first post featur...

First post in the new miniseries "Water in All its Forms". It's my favorite element, being a Pisces and all. Maybe water's most fascinati...

Part 1 in a new miniseries "Leaves"... It's true, they're not much more than solar panels for plants. Except that they're also absolutely...

Beginning our next series called "Timing is Everything", because in Nature, it is. Just like with people, relationships, sports, and busi...

Here is the next Nature miniseries: "The Secret Lives of Plants". Since we are in the middle of the growing season, it's time to take a c...

Beginning the next series of posts. This time it's about landscapes, and how they can almost seem alive. Sometimes soft and gentle. Other...

I'm calling this next little Nature miniseries "Not Just a Rock", because even nonliving things have a story to tell. In the case of rock...

Why do we make a big deal of holistic approaches, holistic medicine, holistic management? Isn't it obvious that everything is interconnec...