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Sandhill Crane Festival: Return of the Cranes

  • Sandhill Crane Festival
  • October 28, 2011
For 15 years, the Sandhill Crane Festival has been celebrating the return of the Sandhill Cranes back to the delta wetlands in Lodi, CA. They are a...
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Get Into the Season Spirit with a Kids' Fairy House Workshop

Birch bark, acorn caps, pine cones, oh my! To prep your next nature hike or to decorate your Thanksgiving table, a kid-engineered fairy house is...
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Returning Home

When we think of a homecoming, our mind often takes us on a nostalgic stroll, touching upon key moments in our developmental years when we first...
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Harp seal on beach needs distance not rescue

What should you do if you’re walking along an ocean beach and you see a seal, lying well up out of the water? Most of the time the answer is...
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Hit the trail and lose the chocolate hearts

If a box of chocolates, roses, anti-Valentine's day sentiments and general commercialized garishness doesn’t appeal to you this February,...
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Feng Shui, metaphors and building

  • Feng Shui metaphors
  • January 17, 2012
As humans, we live in a world of relationships, whether these relationships are with others or whether they are with the spaces we inhabit. All...
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Nature study: Tree journaling

Autumn is an exciting time to get outside and explore nature. One way to gain a greater understanding of your area, its weather, its wildlife and...
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Taking time to really see the beauty around us

Usually I write about the awful things going on with animals around our planet, but today, I'd like to write about something pleasant instead...
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Baby raccoon rescue(VIDEO)

One of the highest causes of animal death throughout the United States is automobile. Throughout the country wildlife rehabilitation facilities...
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Horned worms: Gardener's bane (video)

  • Horned worm
  • May 26, 2011
Throughout the country backyard gardens are a source of much summer enjoyment, and there’s nothing as delightful as picking a fresh home...
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