The common milkweed, a wildflower (or weed, depending on your perspective), a species native to North America, has survived and until recently, thrived, because it is highly adaptive and opportunistic. Of all the milkweed’s marvels, though, its most intriguing—and celebrated—is its relationship with the magnificent monarch butterfly.
Read MoreFIrst Day Hike — an outdoor celebration of the New Year and fresh-air filled beginning to 2019.
Read More“In 1969, the first people stood on the moon and looked back at the earth - observing that all life was concentrated on our small planet - resulting in the environmental movement. That same year, The Catskill Center was formed. “
Read More“Have you ever seen a cow in spectacles?”
Read MoreScandal erupted in Roxbury in early 1881. At the center of it was an unlikely person: B.C. Miller, the 30-year-old Reverend of the Reformed Church of Roxbury.
Read MoreNational Bat Week Raises Awareness That Human Disturbances Are Harmful to Threatened Bats
Read MoreThis morning, work began on a formal parking area at the Thorn Preserve! (woot woot!!)
Read MorePumpkins: good for pies, jack-o'-lanterns, seasonal decor, and metaphors for deeply-felt anxieties over rapid political and social change.
Wait, what was that last one, again?
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