New rain garden installed at Daniel Boone Native Gardens
Daniel Boone Native Gardens recently installed a new rain garden funded by a B.W. Wells Stewardship award of $2,428 from the N.C. Native Plant Society.
A small preserve leads a big effort to save native plants in the Bahamas
The Leon Levy Native Plant Preserve is a 12-hectare (30-acre) estate on Eleuthera, an island in the Bahamas, dedicated to conserving and educating people about the island-nation’s native plants.
The sound of wildflowers: Photographers’ audiobook lets visually impaired ‘see’ nature
“We believe that no one has published an audio-described, beautiful coffee-table book where people can feel what it was like to be invited into our world and feel what kind of day it was when the images were shot…”
Native by nature: Volunteers unite to replant and restore Contra Costa’s creek ecosystems
In an effort to address and restore the environment, the Contra Costa County Flood Control and Water Conservation District is working to reverse that trend.
Dunedin’s inner-city greening project shows even small spaces can be wildlife havens
Trevor Reid, the lead from EMC, recently took members of Ladysmith council along with Friends of Holland Creek, for a learning tour along part of the trail, showing examples of potential hazards as well as what the contractor has been doing to potentially slow or inhibit any possible wildfires.
Inspiring Future Land Stewards Through STEAM
Students engaged in hands-on learning through Junior Ranger activity books focused on wildlife and habitats, geology and fossils, wild horses and burros, and native plants.
‘Pocket parks’ promise climate resiliency on a small scale. Are they working?
This year, Palta and a team of researchers at UC Irvine received funding from the UCI Climate Collaboration to study slivers of nature on the smallest scale, including pocket parks and community gardens.
Santa Barbara Botanic Garden to Hold Conservation Symposium
With the launch of its centennial year, Santa Barbara Botanic Garden will kick off its celebration with the 13th annual Conservation Symposium presented by the Nakashima-Rennie family, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Jan. 31.
California Fish and Game Commission Extends Red Abalone Recreational Fishery Closure, Finds CESA Listing of Bear Lake Buckwheat Warranted
In a move to protect red abalone populations that have suffered drastic population decline, the California Fish and Game Commission (Commission) at its Dec. 10-11 meeting extended the red abalone recreational fishery closure 10 years.
The ‘Pocket Prairie’: A Living Laboratory
The idea for the pocket prairie began, as many Humboldt projects do, with a walk and a spark of curiosity. One spring afternoon, Rangeland Resource Science major Carter Daniel was heading past the theater buildings when a burst of pink and white blooms caught his eye. Rhododendrons and magnolias were blazing with color against a backdrop of uniform turf.