Earth Day! April 22, 2021.
Touch the earth. I was thirteen on the first Earth Day, April 22, 1970, headed towards fourteen in a few months. That first earth day was something I was aware of and we did some kind of event though I…
Canebrakes, once upon a time
“The quality of its canebrakes soon became the standard by which early settlers estimated the value of land. If the canes grew no higher than five feet, or the height of a man’s head, the soil was deemed ordinary; but…
Travertine & beaver dams
I went exploring travertine formations in Sheep Creek in the Arbuckle Mountains (Pontonoc County, OK) with Jona Tucker and Kevin Blackwood on Tuesday. Travertine formation is a very interesting phenomena, limestone precipitating from the water wherever it finds a suitable…
Venus is the morning star
Venus is the morning star… (August 6, 2020) And a new dawn approaches… Good morning to all of you.
Historical Ecology Transect of SE Oklahoma and the Choctaw Nation
We are going to try something new this year. Over the course of three days we will travel from Fort Smith, and the confluence of the Poteau River with the Arkansas, to Fort Towson, and the confluence of the Kiamichi…
Whither Nuttall post-bicentennial?
Happy New Year! We are well into January now, I hope the new year is treating you well. Last year, 2019, was the bicentennial of Nuttall’s visit to Oklahoma and Arkansas. For several years leading up to 2019 we gave…
Once & future prairies of the Arkansas Valley
Gayfeathers are just coming into bloom at Ben Geren. Should be a beautiful display this Saturday for our Fort Smith Prairies field trip. The workshop is full at 25. We have set up a wait list option on Eventbrite, in…
Listen for the bobwhite – Holcomb farm
From David Holcomb: In the video below listen for the calling of the Northern Bobwhite (it calls twice). This view is on our farm (Mansfield, AR). Second growing season of our restoration efforts with Ark Game and Fish. Click here…