It is not really news that Monarch butterflies are in trouble. Their numbers have been dropping steadily for the last twenty or more years. Last week, the International Union for the Conservation of Nature put the Monarch on their red list of species that are endangered. This holds no legal ...

Green lawns are popular. Green lakes are not! Our county’s inland lakes are all lakes challenged by turning green – from the symptoms of excess nutrients. Plants and algae need nutrients, especially phosphorus and nitrogen compounds, in order to grow. Too many nutrients, however, give us ...

You come across a small hole in the ground. It’s two inches or so wide and has obviously been dug by some sort of animal. What made that hole? If I had a dollar for every time I’ve heard “It’s a snake hole!” I would be, well, not rich, but I would definitely have a heftier savings ...

Here at Audubon, we recently wrapped up our Discovery Walk season, when elementary school students visit us for guided walks along our trails. During these walks, we let the students decide what they will learn about based on their discoveries and curiosities. We respond to what they notice and ...

After a hard rain, do you have a wet area in your yard that never completely dries out or takes forever to do so? Or a water issue around your house that you don’t know what to do with? If this sounds all too familiar, then a raingarden might just be the solution for you! When it rains, all ...

At Audubon, we have been taking students out on the trails for the last few weeks. My group often ends up in a line of spruce trees, and underneath the trees the kids have discovered a spread of broken blue eggshells. When the kids started asking questions about those particular blue ...