· Conservation & Wildlife
Hellbenders, mudpuppies and other giants of North American streams
Meet the hellbender, North America's largest salamander, and its big relatives: how to tell them apart, how they live, and why they need clean water.
Ruth Ann Sizemore
A retired science teacher and lifelong amateur naturalist, Ruth Ann keeps a wildflower log that goes back decades. She covers habitat, birds, amphibians and the plants most people drive past without noticing.
Pieces by Ruth
· Conservation & Wildlife
Roadside wildflowers: a spring field guide from ditch to roadcut
Coltsfoot, redbud, bluebonnets and dame's rocket: a guide to spring roadside flowers, where each grows, when it blooms and how to tell the look-alikes apart.
· Conservation & Wildlife
From spoil piles to grasslands: elk, owls and sparrows on old mines
Old surface mines from Kentucky to Wyoming have turned into grasslands for elk, owls and rare sparrows. How it happened, what it cost, and how to visit well.