About Don Hendershot
Don Hendershot is a naturalist from Waynesville, NC.-
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Naturally Yours – blog Archive
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Submerged
Posted on November 22, 2012 | No CommentsOften lost in the North Shore Road (Road to Nowhere) controversy were the visceral ties to community and sense of place. There is a kind of melancholy intermingled with the... -
Audubon NC & Pantego
Posted on November 23, 2011 | No CommentsAudubon NC Statement on Proposed Wind Development by Pantego Wind Energy LLC 11/18/11 Below is an overview of Audubon NC’s involvement in the proposed wind development project near Pantego, NC... -
The migrants are coming the migrants are coming!
Posted on September 18, 2011 | 2 CommentsAround 10 to 12 thousand broad-winged hawks will pass over Caesar’s Head State Park between now and early October. As of Sept. 17 only 46 have been recorded. If you... -
Mountains spared for now
Posted on June 7, 2011 | No CommentsAll, Thanks to quick work and rapid outreach to members of the General Assembly and to the adminstration at Appalachian State, the sponsors of the ASU Demonstration Wind Bill pulled... -
Mucking up the mountains – more to follow
Posted on June 6, 2011 | 1 CommentDear friend of the Ridge Law, This week North Carolina’s General Assembly will consider a bill to enable a private wind developer to construct a wind farm with massive turbines in... -
Early risers
Posted on March 20, 2011 | 2 Comments* I saw some wood frog eggs the other day & it reminded me of this column: Wood frogs, Ranus sylvatica, have already been busy sowing their wild oats. I... -
Audubon NC announces new director
Posted on March 14, 2011 | No CommentsMarch 14, 2011, Chapel Hill, NC – Audubon North Carolina welcomes Heather Starck as the new Vice President and Executive Director of the nonprofit conservation organization. Starck has been the... -
A new way of doing business
Posted on January 19, 2011 | 5 CommentsTucked away in the fine print of the Fiscal Year 1999 Omnibus Appropriations Act was section 323 of Public Law 108-7. This section granted authority to the USDA Forest Service... -
PUFIs galore
Posted on December 17, 2010 | 2 CommentsI have about 20 PUFIs at my feeders. Been here about a week now. Been feeding here since 1994 – always get a few each winter. But never this many.... -
Stalking the wild tofurky
Posted on November 23, 2010 | No CommentsFace it – we’re all getting a little soft. I mean, how are your survival skills? There may be a few of us in this society that could still live...