Giving Bees and Butterflies a Hand
Giving Bees and Butterflies a Hand By Denise Patterson, reprinted with permission from Coastal Review Online (March 2015) [Ed. note: In celebration of PollinatorPalooza, April 12-17, 2021, we are [...]
Essays from Nature: #33 – Measuring Time
A Photo Series from NC photographer and naturalist Tom Earnhardt Measuring Time How do you measure a year? More importantly, how do you measure or [...]
BOLO: Swallow-tailed kites near you!
The historic range of Swallow-tailed kites once included much of the Southeast including NC and up the Mississippi River to as far north as Minnesota, and [...]
A FIRST for the Coastal Land Trust
On Friday February 26, 2021, the Coastal Land Trust transfered almost 183 acres of pine woodlands, pocosin wetlands, and bottomland hardwood forest to the US Forest Service - the [...]
Essays from Nature: #32 – When Swans Fly Over the Moon
A Photo Series from NC photographer and naturalist Tom Earnhardt When Swans Fly Over the Moon While fishing with my father near Cape Lookout on [...]
Thinking about spring planting…?
Puxatawney Phil might have predicted 6 more weeks of winter, but that doesn't mean we aren't dreaming of getting out into our yards and spiffing things up [...]
Essays from Nature: #31 – Borrowed From Our Children
A Photo Series from NC photographer and naturalist Tom Earnhardt Borrowed From Our Children The last 12 months will not be remembered fondly. If my [...]
Fire at Foscue!
Controlled fire helps maintain longleaf pine forests by keeping the understory open and allowing more sunlight to reach the forest floor. Controlled fires are necessary to mimic [...]
Essays from Nature: #30 – Common Ground for Healing
A Photo Series from NC photographer and naturalist Tom Earnhardt Common Ground for Healing No events of my adult life—including the death of John F. [...]