nature conservancy

  • New Zealand Mudsnails

    New Zealand Mudsnails

    My local creek is the site of a foreign invasion. You wouldn’t know to look at it; it seems like an ordinary urban creek, full of jagged rocks, algae, and litter; maybe some ducks skimming along the top. But according to the bright yellow sign by the bridge, there may be thousands of invaders lurking

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  • This Broom’s Not for Sweeping

    An invasive weed, a glorious golden hue; seed pods that crack, and we can never go back…

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  • Beezley Hills

    Beezley Hills

    I wrote (and photographed) this for the Washington chapter of the Nature Conservancy last year. This event is coming up again soon, and we need it more than ever. The proposed federal budget for 2018 cuts billions in funding for conservation, climate, and scientific study in general. This sort of program – generating bipartisan, urban-rural, hunter-conservationist engagement

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