The week Mark turns his attention toward “The Moorland Balance; the Science Behind Grouse Shooting and Moorland Management” published by the Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust and featuring a forward by Sir Max Hastings.
The Moorland Balance
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The Aliens Among Us
When I walk out on the bottom lands beneath my home in the hills of northwest Oregon, I am keen to take note of such troublesome invasive species as Nutria (or Copyu, Myocastor coypus), American Bullfrog (Lithobates catesbeianus), and Scotch Broom (Cytisus scoparius). However as I’m doing so, I’m passing by a number of other invasives without giving them so much as even a passing glance.
Making Climate Change History
With the present U.S. administration seemingly hell-bent on shoving anything documenting the existence of global climate change down the memory hole, it’s indeed heartening to discover that Professor Joshua Howe of Reed College and the good people at University of Washington Press are doing all they can to make some of these disappearing documents more easily available to the interested reading public.
Birding Without Borders
I’ll be honest; I’m not particularly keen on bird racing. I find it troubling on a number of levels – most prominent among them economic and environmental. However I am also willing to acknowledge when a bird racer goes above and beyond the traditional big year in pursuit of their goal.