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Blake and I decided to go on a date hike tonight (if you have to ask, you don’t get enough nature).

Appalachia’s Late Summer Gifts, Panel 3: Last days and fond farewell.

Milkweed is truly an ecosystem unto itself. The photos above were taken over the past several weeks

Dense blazing star (Liatris spicata) is just now coming into bloom at the edge of the alder swamp at

I was finally able to get a female widow skimmer (Libellula luctuosa) to pose for me on Snake Hill y

A gorgeous winterberry (Ilex verticillata), one of Appalachia’s native deciduous hollies, ligh

Appalachia’s Autumn Bounty, Panel 2: Nature’s final push before the killing frost of Oct

Eastern hemlock (Tsuga Canadensis) is sometimes referred to as the “redwood of the east&r

Sometimes the best winter hike is right around the corner. Tibbs Run Preserve at the West Virginia B

Autumn crossing over Clay Run at Coopers Rock State Forest.

Partridgeberry (Mitchella repens) is a trailing, evergreen vine with a fondness for moist, sandy slo

Leftovers from a late October hike at Coopers Rock State Forest.

I’m keeping a low profile until deer hunting season runs its course. Until then, a few m

“In the deep falldon’t you imagine the leaves think howcomfortable it will be to touchth

A greater angle-winged katydid (Microcentrum rhombifolium) seeks shelter in the hollow of a leaf on

Repost from a few year back. This photo always makes me feel an odd sense of displacement.&nbs

This brave dude (not me) got a front-row seat to the breathtaking view from Lindy Point into Blackwa

Fall visits the virgin hemlock forest at Cathedral State Park.

County Route 29 along Gandy Creek in the Monongahela National Forest. The fall foliage here is

Above is a sampling of the fall colors from this past weekend at Blackwater Canyon. Due to the extre

Above are the first two cataracts of Elakala Falls on Shays Run at Blackwater Falls State Park. Two

The foliage is now reaching peak color in the Cheat River Canyon.Field notes: 1. Yellow i

In their final acts of October sacrifice, hay-scented and interrupted ferns burn away under a beauti

A week and a half into April and despite a cold snap, the first wave of spring ephemerals is making

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