Nestled in the cliffs in Moses Coulee is an import desert water sources that every springs attracts thousands of Pacific Tree frogs. I came to Whisper Lake for a night concert. It was anything but quiet. The chorus of frogs was soothing, calming—the quintessential sound of spring.
Exploring Nature: Sandy Beaches
Exploring Nature: Winter Sunsets
Native American Heritage Month
This month, Tribal Nations across the United States are celebrating National Native American Heritage Month, honoring their sovereignty, traditions, languages and stories. We acknowledge and elevate this month, and every month, alongside Native American, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, and affiliated Island communities. Indigenous Peoples are the original caretakers of nature—their longstanding relationship with the land has culminated in extensive knowledge and practices, which are vital to successful, reciprocal conservation outcomes.
Exploring Nature: Lichen Palettes
Fueled by Balance: Meet Sami Schinnell
After decades of implementing suppression policies that approached fire with fear, wildland firefighters in the United States, like Schinnell, find themselves seeking a more balanced relationship between Earth and fire.
The Story of the Soil: Environmental DNA Results at Ellsworth Creek Preserve
Every Tree Helps
Through our GRIT work, we are finding that temperature declines linearly with tree canopy cover. Because this relationship is linear, it suggests that there is no threshold tree cover required to affect air temperature; instead, every bit of additional tree canopy seems to help reduce local air temperature on hot days.
When Restoration Gets Explosive
Using dynamite for restoration may seem like a paradox, but at TNC’s Port Susan Bay Preserve, we explored dynamite as a way to create estuary channels. The inspiration behind this method was to see if explosives could reduce the ecological impact of channel creation in comparison to using heavy machinery.
The Practice and Perspective of Stewardship
Moses Coulee from Burn Scar to Sagebrush Recovery
Dr. Tiara Moore Redefines Belonging in Marine Science
A Fellowship for Nature-Based Solutions to Climate Change
This trip was part of an internal TNC fellowship with the Natural Climate Solutions Prototyping Network. Natural Climate Solutions (NCS) provide climate change mitigation via conservation, restoration, and sustainable management of forests, wetlands, grasslands, and agricultural lands in ways that are consistent with biodiversity conservation and human rights.