Looking for affordable summer fun with benefits to last a lifetime? Go outside and connect with nature! Exploring nature offers you healthy exercise and fresh air, and can strengthen your spiritual, intellectual, and family life. See the full list
Ryan’s interest is in coupling applied ecology and habitat restoration to create effective management for threatened species and ecosystems. He works as an ecologist and project leader for the environmental non-profit Oikonos Ecosystem...
Jennifer is an assistant professor in the department of Civil Society and Community Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She earned her PhD from the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies in 2014. While at Yale, Jennifer...
Adrienne Jo Leppold (adrienne.j.leppold@maine.gov) is the state songbird specialist with the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife. She received her Ph.D. from the University of Maine in 2016, completing her dissertation on...
Priya Ganguli is an Assistant Professor at California State University, Northridge (CSUN) in the Department of Geological Sciences and the new CSUN Water Science Program. She studies the transport and fate of contaminants in aquatic...
Brian Haggerty is an evolutionary ecologist working toward his PhD at the University of California, Santa Barbara. His work explores a variety of topics at the intersection of environmental science, education, science communications, and...
Molly Greene is an interdisciplinary scholar and artist whose work explores nature, embodiment, memory, landscape iconography and technology through printmaking, painting, fiber arts, and writing. She is currently a doctoral student in the...
Aram Calhoun, a vernal pool expert at the University of Maine, was there two weeks ago leading the center's vernal pool program. Calhoun is not a member, but noticed the hands-on, happy approach of the Hidden Valley community. "Bambi Jones is in the Master Naturalist Course with a focus on vernal pools. She invited (me) because she wanted to broaden her level of knowledge. It's a wonderful opportunity for Bambi to develop a program and to do lots of public education," Calhoun said.
Spotting an animal's fresh footprints in the wild can conjure a world for the hiker: Why did the deer tracks disappear? Where did the cougar turn off the trail? What does it mean when two sets of footprints seem to coincide? This beautifully illustrated field guide, the first devoted to the tracks and signs of California animals--including birds, mammals, reptiles, amphibians, and invertebrates like spiders and beetles--blends meticulous science with field experience to provide an engaging companion for both armchair exploration and easy field identification.
"I was excited about the idea of creating a project with people in my own state," she said. She approached Ethan Mitchell and Susannah McCandless, an Addison County couple that she knew offered help to the local farm-worker community, and through them met some of the region's Mexican laborers. Read the full story
