Almanac: Forest Orchids
One of our area’s showiest wildflowers is blooming these days: the Pink Lady’s Slipper orchid....
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Almanac: Hammerhead
The other day I came across a dead tree riddled with holes, some quite large...
Photo Of The Week: Avian Gallery By Susan Panlilio
Our feature, Photo of the Week, presents each week, a new picture by a local...
Almanac: Invisible Multitude
You might think that the most abundant vertebrate in this area, a creature so numerous...
No Mow May Aims To Protect Pollinators
Some American communities are starting to organize around “No Mow May”, a campaign that encourages...
Letter: There Are More Effective Ways To Protect Pollinators Than Not Mowing In May
Thanks for calling readers’ attention to the biodiversity crisis in this week’s Indy. There’s no...
Almanac: Warm Blood In A Cold Swamp
I’ve been out and about lately poking around for two kinds of salamanders, about which...
Photos Of The Week: A Light Dusting Of Snow By John Root
Our feature, Photo of the Week, presents each week, a new picture by a local...
Almanac: Mind Of A Squirrel
As those who read my piece on black squirrels know, I have something of a love/hate relationship...
Opinion: Love, Justice, And Climate Change. What’s Needed – Changes In Our Economic System
Our current economic system in the United States and throughout most of the world is...
A Few Questions For Alan Snow, The Guy In Charge Of Trees On Public Land In Amherst
Editor’s note: This interview with Alan Snow originally appeared in the Indy on August 30,...
Almanac: Blue
It’s been a perfectly wretched winter for cross-country skiing here in the Valley (although last...