Risks and Rewards

Risks and Rewards

By Chelsea Jandreau This brief period of warm rainy days paired with cold nights is providing us with an extra challenge to our usual routine in the form of ice. It’s something we have to navigate just about every winter. Sometimes you can tell that you are going to...
Lichens: A Lesson in Cooperation

Lichens: A Lesson in Cooperation

By Emma Roth Winter is usually thought of as a time with little color. Most trees are gray and naked; dead leaves are scattered below them. Grasses and herbaceous plants are brown and dry. The dark green of the evergreens and a few persistent berries bring some of the...
Winter, Time, and Rest

Winter, Time, and Rest

By Katie Finch We are halfway thought winter. February 3 marked the celestial half way point. But weather wise, it feels like winter has just started. The onset of big snowfalls and below freezing temperatures brings winter center stage. For many, this is a time to...
The Heart of Winter

The Heart of Winter

By Sarah Hatfield The snow is deep and cold. Streams are running through frozen cathedrals as the ice thickens. Winter birds congregate at feeders. Deer get ever closer to the house to nip both shrubs and the bird seed. This time of year always feels like the depths...
Winter Retreat

Winter Retreat

By Jeff Tome Winter is a time to fill hours. Long, dark nights and short, cold days tend to force people to spend more time inside. How you spend that time says a lot about a person. Some folks binge watch shows on TV, learning how to cook things they will never make...
What’s Your Niche?

What’s Your Niche?

By Chelsea Jandreau There are plenty of words used in our general vocabulary that also get used by the scientific community. Sometimes those words originally have a very scientific definition while others have been co-opted by science at some point in history to have...