It seems like the golden-winged warbler (GWWA) has become the non-game poster bird for everything from clearcuts to shelterwood cuts to overstory removal to seed tree harvests in our national forests. The philosophy appears to be “if you build it they will come,” see...
The Smokies are renown for their biological diversity and scenic beauty. But a short drive along either of two scenic byways – The Blue Ridge Parkway or the Cherohala Skyway – provides a window on forests under attack from invasive exotics. There are many places near...
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...
About Don Hendershot
Don Hendershot is a naturalist and a writer who lives in Haywood County.
