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Let’s Go to the Park!

“Let’s go to the park!” That’s what we hear children say that visit Parky’s Farm: “Can we go to the park?” Silly kids; our time will be spent looking at more educational aspects of this park.… 

Kroger Hills controlled burn

Only YOU Can Promote Good Fire

Over the last several years we have seen the news report on the mega-wildfires in the western United States. Every year these fires seem to get bigger and more destructive. The loss to life, property… 

Matt and Steve Wheeler hold their catches

Spawning Bass Can Be Tricky

Spring was in full bloom at Miami Whitewater Forest Lake on Sunday May 6. Wow, what a difference two weeks can be! On April 21 these fishermen braved a 32-degree morning with spitting snow. The… 

A ruby throated hummingbird. Via Ohio Department of Natural Resources.

Saving a Hummingbird

Recently I was witness to a ruby-throated hummingbird’s (Archilochus colubris) seemingly miraculous recovery from an onslaught of attacks from another territorial hummer. When I came upon the tiny feathered creature it was laying in the… 

Walk On, John Audubon

“During all these years there existed within me a tendency to follow Nature in her walks.” John James Audubon and Ben Forkner. Selected Journals and Other Writings. Penguin Books, 1996. For anyone who has visited…