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Earth Day Post for Middle Schoolers
Progressive Farmer Magazine Features Valley Farmer, Conservation and CBF
Deborah Huso, Free Lance Writer for the Progressive Farmer Magazine called me back in July. “I’d like to do a story on stream fencing, the Farm Bill and conservation. Do you have any farmers in mind that I could interview”, she said. This was music to my ears.
Despicable Deer Hunters Go Away
Let me apologize right up front to all my ethical hunter friends. Thank you for hunting. It is a true American tradition and it’s needed to manage wildlife populations. Hunters also feed the hungry. But today I gnash my teeth and rub myself with ashes because of the scum...
Swoope Almanac: October 2013: Quail Release on the Farm
“Just because the problem seems unsolvable doesn’t give us the right to give up”. I can’t remember who wrote that but it sticks in my mind. And just like the people trying to find that one blight resistant American Chestnut tree, Bobwhite Quail lovers keep hoping that maybe...
Quail Survive at Cobble Hill Farm Because of Habitat
Cobble Hill Farm in Staunton Virginia released pen raised Northern Bobwhites in December of 2012. I interviewed Jim Pile, the farm’s manager on October 1st 2013 for this article and I could hear Quail giving their “Hoy-ee” call. Click on the hot link above to go a website with the...
Well Managed “Open-Space” Should Not Be Taxed
“Well-managed” farmland and other working “open-spaces” should not be taxed when they provide ecosystem services exceeding the cost of public services for the land.
Planting and Growing a Successful Riparian Forest Buffer
I have been involved with over 500 miles of riparian buffer plantings and have witnessed plenty of failures and successes. I would like to share with you what I believe is the recipe for success, that being TREE CANOPY CLOSURE IN TEN YEARS.
Harpers Ferry – a History Steeped in Irony
I’m standing in the middle of the footbridge across the Potomac River at Harper’s Ferry looking downstream. Beneath me flows the nation’s river that at this point in its journey, drained six million acres of land.
Enthusiasm Gas Tank for Riparian Forest Buffers Refilled at Stroud
I recently attended a “Stream and Buffer Ecology Workshop” at the Stroud Water Research Center in Avondale, Pennsylvania. Stroud is a world-class research facility for fresh water science. This year their “Moorhead Environmental Complex” was awarded a “Platinum LEED” rating, which is the nation’s highest certification for green construction.
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