What We Can Be Optimistic About in 2020
As the Earth Sangha’s resident optimist, it can sometimes be difficult to keep my usual cheery disposition. A new study came out in...
When the Most Common Native Plants become No Longer Common in our Wild Areas
In my line of work, I engage in extensive, if casual, surveying of native flora in the wild areas of Northern Virginia. For nearly twenty...
Our Local Forest Communities Need More Native Trees
This particular standing of Maple-Leaf Viburnum is now decimated by Bradford Pears. Some years ago, we worked with NPS in DC to create...
My Favorite Local Wild Areas in Spring
Photo: Carex jamesii on the floodplain slope. See the Common Hackberry trunk? This has been an exceptionally brilliant spring. With cool...
