The daylight's savings time change made it harder but I'm so glad I attended the Redlands Conservancy birdwatching event this morning at San Timoteo Nature Sanctuary (click here for previous article on this special preserve in Redlands CA). Allyson Beckman, who helps monitor endangered species as a …
The environmental costs of population growth
Colleagues of mine, Marilyn Hempel, editor of the Population Press, and Monty Hempel, Chair of Environmental Studies at the University of Redlands, have just released two important items. The first is a film "The Eighth Billion" about the environmental costs of human population growth. It's short – …
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Great Hikes: San Timoteo Nature Sanctuary
If you're looking for a trail with relatively flat terrain for walking, horseback-riding, or cycling, which offers a high chance of seeing wildlife along its creek or emerging from the hills, San Timoteo Nature Sanctuary might be your place. This undiscovered place in Redlands CA also offers a lot …
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Our Backyard Brethren: Recent Wildcam Photos
I took a hiatus with our Bushnell wildlife camera, but have put one up again the last couple months in 3 different places to track our wildlife visitors. Thought I would post a few photos of what's been in our yard, plus what's been waking up my husband most early mornings as it goes through the …
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Great Hikes: Oak Glen Preserve for Fall Colors
Note: I added some spring photos in the photo gallery too. Also click here for a map of the preserve Fall in Southern California falls a little short for this Midwestern transplant. So a recent trip to The Wildlands Conservancy’s Oak Glen Preserve in Oak Glen, with its changing foliage of …
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Butterflies: Plants to attract them, and concerns
It's nearing October and I'm still seeing some butterflies around - a few Western Tiger Swallowtails although they're much fewer, some Cabbage Whites and a variety of those little orange ones that I've given up identifying. I checked in with a couple butterfly aficionados on what plants were …
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