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Rough Thoughts on Restoration and Diversity from the Arid Grass and Sage

Posted on January 6, 2020 by prairiebotanist

Originally posted on Prairie Botanist:
Sage on my left and crested wheatgrass on my right on my way into the deep nowhere of high desert Oregon. We live in a society that replaces craftsmanship and beauty with functionality. We don’t…

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1838-2018

Posted on September 16, 2018 by prairiebotanist

A few years ago I was part of a team doing an environmental assessment for a local road project.  When I saw these giant bur oaks (all around four-and-a-half feet diameter at breast height), I knew I’d be among the … Continue reading →

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Whip-poor-wills

Posted on March 14, 2018 by prairiebotanist

Will whip-poor-wills continue to call from the forest edge behind our house or the aspen grove at the cabin up north for long enough for our son to hear them and remember them, so that he might recount them once … Continue reading →

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