Got Mud?
I wrote, a few weeks back, about my girls’ and my kayak adventure to Sister Island (The Naturalist’s Corner Mar. 16, 2011) on a recent trip to Isle of Palms. Well the kayak trip was only the beginning of an even deeper more visceral immersion into the primordial ooze...
A perfect fit
The planets must have been in alignment when Buddy Young, director of residential services at Lake Junaluska and Candace Stimson, Low Impact Development (LID) student at Haywood Community College became acquainted. Stimson and her LID 112 class began working with Lake...
Wild South’s Roosevelt-Ashe Conservation Awards
Through some kind of mix up in the mail, I received a nomination from Wild South’s Roosevelt-Ashe Society for “Outstanding Journalist in Conservation” and an invitation to their 2011 “Green Tie Gala” held last Friday night (March 25) in Asheville. I knew there was a...
The devil is in the details – again
The U.S. Forest Service will be holding a public meeting at the North Carolina Arboretum in Asheville at 100 Frederick Law Olmstead Way from 2:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. on April 4 to explain its brand new proposed draft Planning Rule. This is not a meeting for public...
Ridin’ the tide
On a recent trip to Isle of Palms (IOP), South Carolina, we had access to a sea kayak and decided to take advantage. There’s a pretty dramatic tide at IOP with currents to match so you have to plan your trip accordingly. We weren’t heading anywhere in particular so we...
Only Catamounts left in WNC are at WCU
Last week the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service tried to put the last nail in the coffin of the eastern cougar by declaring it extinct. The cougar (catamount, panther, puma, painter, mountain lion) will surely not go quietly. This legendary gris-gris of boreal forests,...