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Dee Salomon Dee Salomon

Fear and Loathing in the Woodland

The article, “The Summer the Ticks Took Over,” by Benjamin Wallace reads like a horror story, engendering a kind of paranoia that sidewalk-hugging New Yorkers can easily fall prey to.

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Dee Salomon Dee Salomon

To save birds, plant for caterpillars

This source of soft-bodied protein makes up more than 90 percent of native bird chicks’ diets, with each clutch consuming between 6,000 and 9,000 caterpillars before they fledge. That means we need a lot of caterpillars if we want our bird population to survive.

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Dee Salomon Dee Salomon

Why Beavers Matter

For all their practical nuisance to humans, beavers are central to maintaining ecosystems across a large portion of the U.S.

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Dee Salomon Dee Salomon

Beetle mania

The wooly adelgid was accidentally introduced in Virginia in the 1950’s where it found Hemlock trees here to its liking.

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