Below you'll find a list of all posts from June, 2021
The new 3-acre Pollinator and Bird Garden at the Penn State Arboretum opened to the public on June 28, 2021. Photo by Geoff Rushton | StateCollege.com After more than a decade of planning and a year and a half of construction, the Arboretum at Penn State’s newest garden opened to the public this week. The 3-acre Pollinator and Bird Garden …
By John McCrackenCorresponding BROWN COUNTY – An effort to bring together food producers, producers, educators and advocates in northeastern Wisconsin has been simmering for years. Now the NEW Food Forum is ready to present its findings and take action to develop the region’s first food action plan. NEW Food Forum, an initiative of local nonprofit family farms, local government, consumers …
“The pond has become a refuge for wildlife” With free time over the past 14 months, and with a growing sense that we need to nurture and support the environment, we set out to create a more productive garden for wildlife. We dug a large wildlife pond, planted it with native species and lined it with recycled rocks from an …
NEWTON FALLS – 96-year-old Maria Francesca Ricciardi, affectionately known as “Ciccina” to several, passed away peacefully in Antonine Village on Friday, June 25, 2021. She was born on March 10, 1925 in Lipari, Italy, and raised her young family on the island of Vulcano, Sicily. She and her husband Giuseppe came to the United States with their family on the …
Are business takeovers a viable tool for climate adaptation? by Elise Goutte |June 29, 2021 By the turn of the century, 13 million Americans could be displaced by rising sea levels. At the Managed Retreat conference recently hosted by Columbia Climate School, photographer Michael Snyder shared this image showing what the Chesapeake Bay area would look like with a sea …
We want to hear from you. To send information for inclusion in briefs, email [email protected] or mail Register-Star, Attention: Briefs, 364 Warren St., Unit 1, Hudson, NY 12534. For more information , call 518-828-1616 ext, 2490. HUDSON – The Hudson Area Library presents Wild Harvest: Foraging at Oakdale Lake, 6 to 8 p.m. on June 29. Join herbalist and author, …
Royalan Leiker, resident of the Good Samaritan Society, far left, members of the Wonder Women League, Noe Gillespie, administrator of the Good Samaritan Society, and Frankie Ream, resident of the Good Samaritan Society, far right, in an elevated garden offered by the league to the care establishment. Cristina Janney / Hays Post By CRISTINA JANNEYHays Post The Wonder Women League, …
(CBS DETROIT) – On I-94 westbound just past Warren in southwest Detroit, flooding was still a major issue after the weekend. CW50’s Cryss Walker was able to count around six cars still submerged underwater on Monday afternoon. READ MORE: Rocket Mortgage’s John Shippen Invitational Features Black Professional and Amateur Golfers This is the second major flood under Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s …
If you have a garden of any size, you know the concept of a “microclimate,” mainly because it’s a great scapegoat. Did the sugar snaps look ugly? The garden is in a low place where the cold accumulates. Withered lettuce? The storm knocked down a nearby tree and now it’s too sunny. Your neighbor’s harvest is twice as good? Of …
Tap to enlarge the map Of course, you can drive an hour from Atlanta in just about any direction and find yourself in a green and beautiful place. Well, here are some suggestions for state parks and other wilderness areas dotted with spectacular waterfalls, miles of hiking trails, and hidden swimming spots. But just as important: what are you going …