Night lights kill!
We are aware that moths are fatally attracted to light, though no one understands just why. Moths can literally burn themselves out as they careen around an artificial light or …
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3/16/22
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Stark was the canvas upon which I stumbled.
The snow was a sheer white contrast to the sprawling chaos of feather and bone left scattered at the feet of the one who created the scene.
I …
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By HUNTER HILL
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2/2/22
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This is a call for much needed action. A bill (S699B) passed in the NYS Senate partially bans toxic neonic pesticides. We need to press the Assembly to do the same now that they are back …
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10/13/21
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Standing in the field at dusk, we waited. Alert for the whir of wings or a dark shape spiraling into the sky. Listening to a bird’s language of twitters, chirps and a nasal buzzing sound like …
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By KRISTIN BARRON
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5/19/21
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We think of percussionists when we listen to our favorite music; chances are there is a drummer or some other musician beating a cadence of some sort with the rest of the band. Like us, nature has …
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By SCOTT RANDO
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3/10/21
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The almost-unimaginable yet historic decision by the Delaware River Basin Commission (DRBC) to permanently ban fracking in the Delaware River Watershed was announced on February 25. Eleven years of …
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By SANDY LONG
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3/3/21
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It’s safe to say that the first weeks of 2021 have not provided the hopeful optimism we’ve all been craving as we attempt to move forward and put the madness of the past year behind …
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By SANDY LONG
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1/20/21
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Poetry corner November 5 to 11
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11/4/20
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Most of us are familiar with the seasons as they are presented in an elementary classroom: spring, summer, fall, and winter. Fewer of us are as familiar with the micro-seasons that pass within and …
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By HUNTER HILL
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9/2/20
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I often like to write about my recent adventures, things I do with my family outside and just a general appreciation for nature, which I feel so inspired by. Sometimes I have a hard time coming up …
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By HUNTER HILL
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7/8/20
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If you have been listening in the woods, or even in your backyard, you have probably been listening to a lot of singing—bird songs, to be exact. Spring is the time of courtship for most species …
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By SCOTT RANDO
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7/1/20
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Our seas and rivers look clearer; our air feels fresher, quieter; our streets and roadways are abandoned. Panic shopping for household supplies has passed, only to be replaced by lines of mothers and …
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By B. NIMRI AZIZ
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6/17/20
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Despite a slow beginning beset by fits and starts, spring is finally in full swing throughout the Upper Delaware River region. The bounty of birds and butterflies all about is a welcome boost to …
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By SANDY LONG
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6/10/20
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