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The Imperfect Gardener | Thieving chipmunks? I’ve got it covered Wednesday, June 8, 2011 @ 5:49PMThere is trouble in paradise. I was feeling so puffed-up about my early May (and March and April) successes, I should have known the garden gods were about to smite me. Or, the chipmunks were.
Mobile, Arizona: Making do with poor roads, lack of services Friday, June 3, 2011 @ 1:19AMSouthwest Valley Republic examines public-safety concerns, identity and quality of life in Mobile.
The adventures of Charlie: Acreage in the country gives horticulturist a chance to experiment and play Thursday, April 7, 2011 @ 2:06AMCharlie Giedeman walks out the back door of his log cabin and enters a botanical laboratory of his own making.
Spring movie preview 2011 Saturday, January 22, 2011 @ 11:01PMSpringtime might be awesome in Paris, but it ain't looking great in Hollywood.
GET UP & GROW: Where are the garden critters? Wednesday, January 19, 2011 @ 2:43AMWith snow on the ground, the soil frozen and plants dormant, not much is going on in your garden right now. With the exception of a visit from some song birds and the occasional scavenging squirrel, there isn't a lot of activity from garden critters. Have you ever wondered where they go? Some migrate to warmer areas and some die off, but many are still there, they simply become more reclusive ...
Badgers? In Ohio? Evidently Monday, January 10, 2011 @ 7:39AMOTTAWA COUNTY -- There could be more than 100 in Ohio, but they are rarely seen. Most Ohioans have no idea there is a growing population of American badgers in the Buckeye State.
Into the Woods: Hitting the Trail in Winter Saturday, January 8, 2011 @ 2:09PMBy Annette Hinkle It’s official. The holidays are over and winter is settling in. While some folks see this as a sign to hunker down and hibernate until spring, for a whole other group of intrepid East Enders, winter is an ideal time to get out into the woods and see what nature has to [...]
Into the Woods Wednesday, January 5, 2011 @ 9:54PMBy Annette Hinkle It’s official. The holidays are over and winter is settling in. While some folks see this as a sign to hunker down and hibernate until spring, for a whole other group of intrepid East Enders, winter is an ideal time to get out into the woods and see what nature has [...]
Outdoors Insider, with Dale Sunderlin: Early muzzleloader numbers mixed Monday, November 1, 2010 @ 8:21AMMuzzleloader hunters took 512 deer during last week’s early muzzleloader deer hunt, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Wildlife.
Artist Frank Minuto’s own little planet Wednesday, August 4, 2010 @ 1:30PMAs you enter the Southwest terminal at LAX this summer you’ll be greeted by a throng of giant whirring, buzzing robots. Don’t worry; they’re friendly. Their lights flash, “Happy Landings!” “Love the shoes!” and other cordial messages.
Sanctuary Wednesday, August 4, 2010 @ 1:53AMCONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 By Amy Stewart Frelinghuysen So, where could you take a sick squirrel or chipmunk for help?
Rehabilitating wildlife Tuesday, August 3, 2010 @ 1:55AMAntler Ridge provides refuge for injured or orphaned wildlife
Rehabilitating wildlife Wednesday, July 28, 2010 @ 1:54AMAntler Ridge provides refuge for injured or orphaned wildlife
Sanctuary Wednesday, July 28, 2010 @ 1:51AMCONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 By Amy Stewart Frelinghuysen So, where could you take a sick squirrel or chipmunk for help?
Baby's first festival Monday, July 5, 2010 @ 4:42PMELLWOOD CITY - It almost seems cruel to take someone to the Ellwood City Arts, Crafts and Food Festival, and then not let him eat anything.
Back when cinema swung Sunday, June 13, 2010 @ 7:18PMA look at the US box-office top 10 for 1960, shows a penchant for classics and crud. Sounds familiar, writes DONALD CLARKE
Roan Mountain State Park sets weekend activities Friday, June 4, 2010 @ 5:03PMRoan Mountain State Park has scheduled a variety of activities for Saturday, June 5. Trout fishing will begin at 9 a.m., according to Ranger Jacob Young, who said participants can fish for Rainbow, Brown and native Brook trout.
The Fisher Panic Friday, June 4, 2010 @ 11:57AMThey come by night. Swift, cunning killers who seldom leave a trace. Authorities use words like ferocious, relentless, aggressive and secretive to describe them. They have been accused of mass murders. Usually silent, when they are heard the sound can be blood-curdling.
Small mammals -- and rest of food chain -- at greater risk from global warming than thought, research finds Sunday, May 23, 2010 @ 8:28PMSmall-mammal communities got knocked seriously askew about 12,000 years ago by the last episode of global warming. Environmental disruptions let highly adaptable species thrive while others lost population and range. The current warming may push some species to extinction, destabilizing the food chains and ecosystems of which they are a vital part.
Small mammals -- and rest of food chain -- at greater risk from global warming than thought Sunday, May 23, 2010 @ 2:19PMThe balance of biodiversity within North American small-mammal communities is so out of whack from the last episode of global warming about 12,000 years ago that the current climate change could push them past a tipping point, with repercussions up and down the food chain, say Stanford biologists. The evidence lies in fossils spanning the last 20,000 years that the researchers excavated from a ...
How life recovered after the 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens Tuesday, May 18, 2010 @ 1:01PMThe story of how plants and animals on Mount St. Helens have rebounded after its cataclysmic eruption 30 years ago shows how ecosystems respond to major disturbances.
Mount St. Helens Still Recovering, 30 Years Later Tuesday, May 18, 2010 @ 10:09AMThe cataclysmic eruption of Mount St. Helens 30 years ago today devastated the surrounding landscape, with the hot gas and debris killing countless animals and damaging or destroying large swaths of forest. But life did not entirely end then and there.
Mount St. Helens Still Recovering 30 Years Later Tuesday, May 18, 2010 @ 9:00AMThe cataclysmic eruption of Mount St. Helens 30 years ago today devastated the surrounding landscape, with the hot gas and debris killing countless animals and damaging or destroying large swaths of forest. But life did not entirely end then and there. Among the reasons the ecology rebounded are some surprising factors, including the early morning timing of the eruption, the fact that spring had ...
The Fisher Panic Tuesday, April 6, 2010 @ 12:13PMThey come by night. Swift, cunning killers who seldom leave a trace. Authorities use words like ferocious, relentless, aggressive and secretive to describe them. They have been accused of mass murders. Usually silent, when they are heard the sound can be blood curdling.
Chipmunks, fire and forests spring to life Monday, April 5, 2010 @ 8:06AMLook at the ancient, burned-out stump of a cedar and imagine what the land was like 100 years ago. Watch a chipmunk stuff its cheeks with things dug from under a log and picture how this small creature survives the deep snows of winter. Drink in the smell of the warming earth and imagine mushrooms — a taste of spring — sizzling in a pan on your stove. It was musings such as these that led me to ...
Island Coyote Reports Proven In Lab Results Thursday, April 1, 2010 @ 11:15PMThere is at least one coyote living on Martha’s Vineyard. Gus Ben David is 100 per cent sure of that, although he has only 97 per cent proof. The coyote, or coyotes, have established territory on the north side of the Island, in an area covering part of Chilmark and West Tisbury.
What's Next Tuesday, March 16, 2010 @ 9:00AMA sequel for your thoughts? This week's news: more of the same.
Film Shorts Wednesday, January 20, 2010 @ 10:25AMLegion (R) Paul Bettany stars in this thriller as the Archangel Michael, who descends to Earth to save a group of people in a roadside diner after God unleashes the apocalypse on the human race.
Five Market-Tested Elements Every Movie Trailer Needs [Listicle] Thursday, January 14, 2010 @ 8:58AMLegion's demon-lady who tries to eat the girl from Friday Night Lights has been the thrust of most of that angels-with-guns flick's previews. Because crazy old ladies put butts in seats, guaranteed!...
Animals have differing ways of surviving winter Thursday, January 14, 2010 @ 3:09AMOzarks inhabitants are finally betting some relief after a 10-day deep freeze.
Who Wants A Ride On James Cameron’s Space Banshee Of Dreams? Monday, January 11, 2010 @ 1:41PMThis weekend saw more huge numbers for the little chamber piece Avatar , an unsurprisingly British runner-up, and three debuts that didn’t go huge but did A-OK. Did you see any of these this weekend? (more…)
Snap, crackle, pop Friday, January 1, 2010 @ 7:00AMDavid Sedaris's slyly comic essays handle the tough topics as smoothly as the banal. On the eve of an Australian tour he talks to Alyssa McDonald
Families enjoy new holiday traditions with Christmas away from home Saturday, December 26, 2009 @ 6:38AMZANESVILLE -- Traditionally a day when businesses are closed and families stay home, Christmas has changed throughout the years, and now many families are making new traditions for the holiday.
Christmas break Friday, December 25, 2009 @ 4:52AMABuffalo Christmas is, face it, the envy of the world. The cookies baking, the snow falling, the Philharmonic CD playing the “Nutcracker Suite.” But no matter how Norman Rockwellesque the scene, you just might reach the point when you would like to get out of the house.
Larry Lyons: The chipmunks are still here Wednesday, December 16, 2009 @ 8:14AMPosted 9 minutes ago at 10:04 am. Recently I received a note from a reader with a question about chipmunks. He’s seeing lots of fox, gray, black and red squirrels but he hasn’t seen a chipmunk in several months.
Elaine Seibel: For me, hunting was never about the kill Thursday, November 19, 2009 @ 11:08PMRespecting the rights of all means that I respect your right not to eat meat or to eat meat from a supermarket and not to hunt. I expect the same respect.
Charlotte Safavi: Handling Death with Kid Gloves Monday, November 9, 2009 @ 2:18PM"Mom, come," my son shouts. "A baby bird fell out of the nest!" Sure enough, a fledgling lies on the patio, beak gaped, neck distended, claws curled, a sad thing.
Hey, that mushroom could be poisonous Friday, November 6, 2009 @ 3:05AMQ. I was wondering if there is an easy way to determine which mushrooms are poisonous. Do certain mushrooms always grow by certain trees? If small rodents feed on certain mushrooms, are they safe to eat? I am just looking for an easy method to identify mushrooms, any help will be appreciated.
Rollins: Lessons for kids in the deer woods Tuesday, October 27, 2009 @ 2:27AMSince archery season for deer opened my six year old daughter has been asking to go hunting with me. She keeps saying that when Ian, her brother, was six I took him along with me. It wasn't really a hunting trip, but more an education in the deer woods.
More Walt's Words Wednesday, October 14, 2009 @ 2:16AMWade tracks down some more little-known quotes about Uncle Walt.
Back-to-basics nutrition program teaches children to make better choices Thursday, October 8, 2009 @ 3:11AMSpying kale half-eaten by aphids and caterpillars in the garden at his preschool, 3-year-old Ryland Turner had but one thought: It must be pretty scrumptious. Ryland and his peers at the Early Childhood Learning Community were pulling garden duty, stripping leaves that insects had reduced to leftovers.
Gardeners prize bulbs, but so do their predators Saturday, September 5, 2009 @ 2:15AMBulbs are perfect, self-contained packages for gardeners. They're equipped with everything necessary to make flowers grow and bloom.
Backyard pests: A rogues gallery Monday, August 31, 2009 @ 2:00PMHere's a look at a handful of common backyard pests and what you can do to keep them under control.
Penny Smith dicovers the delights of Colorado's Beaver Creek ski resort in summetime Monday, August 31, 2009 @ 6:50AMPenny Smith dicovers the delights of Colorado's Beaver Creek ski resort in summetime
Sharon Randall: At Yosemite park, a family reconnects with its past Tuesday, July 28, 2009 @ 2:09AMHome means different things to each of us. To some, it's a state; to others, it's a state of mind.For me, it's like a jigsaw puzzle with ever-changing pieces that I keep fitting together to feel whole.
Pa.’s common game animal Tuesday, July 14, 2009 @ 10:23AMPennsylvania has an abundant woodchuck population, in fact the Pennsylvania Game Commission calls it “A common game animal.” The groundhog, whistle pig, marmox or chuck isn’t one of those animals that attracts tourism, nor does it drive the sales of hunting licenses.
Buffalo Mountain snake hunters make return trip Wednesday, June 24, 2009 @ 9:42PMKathy Noblet is fast becoming the snake expert of Buffalo Mountain Park. A few weeks ago she sent photos of a timber rattlesnake den on White Rock Trail, about 200 meters below the actual white rock outcropping.
East Lyme Student Filmmaker Knows Wildlife Doesn't Follow Script Sunday, June 7, 2009 @ 5:14AMEast Lyme - It's late in the afternoon and Evan Ehrlich just got home from school. He grabs a bite to eat and heads out immediately