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This American aster was growing in a meadow environment. It is a late bloomer and beneficial for pollinating insects (there is a sweat bee on the flower; the flowers are very small). They are OK in the garden and will bloom in September after other flowers are done. Flower colors vary from white to purple.

On September 22 at 8:05 p.m., the sun’s declination became zero degrees at the moment it crossed from the northern to the southern hemisphere. The summer season officially ended, and we are now … more

By SCOTT RANDO | 9/29/26

A pair of swallows, skimming a river, looking for food.

The other river creatures

As fly-fishing anglers, most of us approach a river with a certain intensity, especially when we find a good hatch of flies and rising trout. Under those conditions, it is very easy to become … more

By TONY BONAVIST | 9/29/26

My bow on a frosty morning after a kill in 2021

Aim true and trust yourself

Archery deer season is here. Those of us who have an addiction to deer hunting are feeling the excitement of fall’s arrival. As of October 3, the archery whitetail hunting seasons will be open on … more

By EVAN PADUA | 9/29/26

Get trained to volunteer, or walk the bog

BEACH LAKE, PA — The Delaware Highlands Conservancy recently announced community programs and workshops hosted in September 2026 at the Van Scott Nature Reserve, located at 571 Perkins Pond Road. … more

9/22/26

Bird’s nest fungi are so named for their resemblance to nests made by birds. Due to their diminutive size, they are easy to miss, but magical to encounter in their various expressions.

Fairy fungi

I nearly stepped on a bird’s nest filled with tiny eggs recently. Thankfully, the miniature wonder was actually a delightful mushroom known as bird’s nest fungi (of the Nidulariaceae … more

By SANDY LONG | 9/22/26

Weekly walks in the Tannersville Bog

STROUDSBURG, PA — On Wednesdays beginning September 16 and running through November 4, the Kettle Creek Environmental Education Center will be offering weekly walks through the Tannersville Bog at … more

9/22/26

A picnic on the trailer is the perfect end to a busy day.

Going, going, all day long

Opportunity knocks on its own schedule. Even when there’s a lot to do, it’s important to always be ready to take a detour. Last week, I was working an already full docket of butchering when I … more

By HUNTER HILL | 9/22/26

Learn the basics of birding

DINGMANS FERRY, PA — On Saturday, September 19, from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m., join the Pocono Environmental Education Center (PEEC) and learn to identify birds around PEEC using binoculars and … more

9/15/26

To know and love a river

I began to fish the East Branch of the Delaware River below the Pepacton Reservoir as a teenager, in 1958 or ‘59. That was a long time before the adoption of the water release regulations was … more

By TONY BONAVIST | 9/15/26

On the St. Lawrence River

I’ve got this thing for boundary waters and rivers; I love them. For vacation this summer, we decided to head for the St. Lawrence River on the international boundary of the United States and … more

By EVAN PADUA | 9/15/26

“When despair for the world grows in me/ and I wake in the night at the least sound/in fear of what my life and my children’s lives may be,/I go and lie down where the wood drake/rests in his beauty on the water, and the great heron feeds./I come into the peace of wild things/who do not tax their lives with forethought/of grief. I come into the presence of still water./And I feel above me the day-blind stars/waiting with their light. For a time/I rest in the grace of the world, and am free.” (“The Peace of Wild Things,” by Wendell Berry)

Wendell Berry: a traveler and his gifts

My previous column about the poet and writer Mary Oliver opened with this sentence: “If there is one certainty about life, it is that for each of us, it will conclude.” For another cherished and … more

By SANDY LONG | 9/8/26

Zucchini by Zeus

Poetically speaking, I have a great appreciation for Greek mythology and its versatility for fictitious applications. That being said, I hold no actual belief in it or the false gods it … more

By HUNTER HILL | 9/8/26

Monarch butterflies could end up on the endangered epecies lists.

Attracting monarch butterflies to your garden

HAWLEY, PA — “What is a group of butterflies called? What is a group of caterpillars called?” Earlier this summer, Tarry Truitt, Pike County Master Gardener and member of the Country Gardeners, … more

By the COUNTRY GARDENERS | 9/8/26

Sulphurs in the mist

I’m not sure whether it was the summer of 1989 or 1990, when my friend Bill and I began to fish together. I do remember that we purchased an RV at the end of May in 1989. We kept it at Oxbow … more

By TONY BONAVIST | 9/1/26

As of now, my berries have remained fairly safe from bears.

Black bears and berries

I’ve spent a good deal of the summer thinking about places I could plant new berry bushes, and how to prepare so we’ll have more harvest around the farm in the coming years. In early spring, I … more

By HUNTER HILL | 8/25/26

Use a scooter or Segway?

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The National Park Service today announced a final rule that updates decades-old regulations to establish … more

8/21/26

This is a blue jay near the National Park Service building at Milanville, PA. It is doing the best rendition of a red-tailed hawk call that it could muster. It was pretty convincing for a while, and there didn’t seem to be too much other bird life around. Blue jays can mimic a variety of calls.

Protection by deception

Some of us are old enough to remember watching episodes of Roy Rogers and similar shows. One interesting thing: When a bald eagle was sighted, you heard the majestic call of a…red-tailed … more

By SCOTT RANDO | 8/18/26

Tee off for student success

ROSCOE, NY — The SUNY Sullivan Foundation’s annual Sullivan Cup Golf Tournament will take place Friday, September 18, supporting students at the college. Golfers will play 18 holes on Roscoe … more

8/18/26

A monarch keeps busy in the Padua garden.

Ed, the monarch butterfly

Step outside, and go find a monarch caterpillar; milkweed is ever so abundant in our area, and long-time local legend Ed Wesely used to thrive this time of year when it came to monarch butterflies. … more

By EVAN PADUA | 8/18/26

New York State’s official outdoor magazine, Conservationist, is celebrating its 80th year. Find out why it has thrived for eight decades and is still going strong.

80 years and 14 dollars

What has existed for 80 years and costs only 14 dollars? If you answered, “Nothing,” you would almost be correct! But subscribers to New York State’s Conservationist, the state’s official … more

By SANDY LONG | 8/11/26

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