Abstraction can be our enemy. Even concrete is better for the planet… … than this stuff. Nothing Growing in this Abandoned Pile of “Composted” mulch Every dandelion knows that. Conservation of water […]
It’s a free country. Your choices are limited only by your imagination. Trout Fishing at Gardom Lake What will you chose to protect yourself from radiation? A towel? A cotton hat? An […]
Grass evolved to thrive in hot fire landscapes. Given that human activity has increased heat and fire … … across the planet … … shouldn’t we stop mowing grass and … … […]
Climate change, eh. Here at McLaughlin’s Canyon on the Old Trail to the North, the water that undercut the canyon wall is long gone, as is the fire that took the firs […]
It’s fun to go out and read the weather by looking down, too. It gives a longer term view. For instance, the really poor shape of the early season cheat grass below […]
When “nature” is a collection of weeds, one might think that colonialism was complete and that we are living in the end times. Weeds, smoke mixed into the winter fog, the morning […]
Problem: Petroleum Mucking up the Air? Solution: De-muck it. How: Plant a tree. The image below shows City of Vernon land used as a road to access a water pumping station. The […]
PROBLEM: Climate change accelerates atmospheric heating. Red-Tailed Hawks in Tkem’lips STRATEGY: Don’t panic! The heating is caused by the mountains and by air pressure. Thompson Grasslands SOLUTION: Plant a tree. A good […]
Apricot trees and land barges, these relics from my youth, go so well together, don’t you think. It was the age when you had a choice: to drive or to set down […]
So, you’ve beaten the rush and have come back to your ancestral marsh to find human habitations and gravel fill — and snow!!! — right in the middle of it, gawwwwd. What’s […]
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