Author: Fiona Bayrock (on JOMB) Illustrator: Carolyn Conahan (on JOMB) Published: 2009 Charlesbridge (on JOMB) ISBN: 1570916705 Chapters.ca Amazon.com Quick! What’s used for communication, transportation, self defence, sound-dampening, warmth, entertainment and hatching and doesn’t cost ...

Eric Beltz"By this Axe I Rule"2008Graphite on Bristol27 1/2 x 23 inches "All conservation of wildness is self-defeating, for to cherish we must see and fondle, and when enough have seen and fondled, there is no wilderness left to cherish."-Aldo Leopold The exquisitely rendered graphite drawings incl...

Wonder why the world is going to hell in a hand-basket? It could be a memory problem—not something we have forgotten, but rather, something we are failing to remember. The tiny ant has no memory problem. Like all other insects, it knows a lot, even without being taught. It comes into this world, an...

Doug Aitken"Migration"2008Production still25-minute video loop Doug Aitken's haunting film "Migration," currently on view at 303 Gallery's 21st street space, focuses on the behavior of a number of North American animal species, each shown displaced in a banal motel room. "Migration" is a beautiful m...

Author: Tracey Fern Illustrator: Lauren Castillo Published: 2008 Clarion (on JOMB) ISBN: 0618723412 A feisty, self-aware pioneer woman, the man who knows and loves her and the coddling of a cabin full of beautiful baby bison — what more could a pet-deprived young reader ask for? Based on the t...

Why is is so hard to remember from year to year how long it takes for spring flowers to bloom, trees to bud?...

    This is a short article tht my boss and I wrote together.  Hope you enjoy     In this neck of the woods, there's always one thing you can count on… the harsh climate. Months without rain followed by severe flooding, brutal heat and unforgiving cold, rampant wildfires, ...

This is part one of a three part series that I will be posting up on Fridays for the next few weeks.  I hope ya'll enjoy it. Part 1:The Pre-Settlement PrairieAn "Ocean of Grass" When the first European explorers crossed the middle of the North American continent they were met with an awe...

Conservation Texas Style I make my living doing ecological restoration and by providing consultation and the tools to perform habitat revegetation/restoration. My job fulfills me both monetarily and spiritually, I consider myself very lucky to be able to make a living doing something that I believe ...