Valerie Blaine
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In order to save wildlife, healthy habitats need huntersDec 19, 2019 5:28 am - In order to save wildlife, healthy habitats need hunters
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November is courtship time for deer in forest preservesNov 21, 2019 5:19 am - Ready or not, we have launched into the holiday shopping season. There's no easing into it. By mid-November, we're bombarded by the signs of the season and its imperativ...
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Fall colors: Mushrooms on forest floor blaze brightly with autumn huesOct 25, 2019 6:21 am - Fall colors: Mushrooms on forest floor blaze brightly with autumn hues
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See grasses in all their glory at a suburban tallgrass prairieSep 18, 2019 6:20 am - See grasses in all their glory at a suburban tallgrass prairie
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How animals can go from pets to pests when released in the wildAug 21, 2019 6:35 am - A few years ago, I took a call at the nature center about a big snake in Tekakwitha Woods Forest Preserve. The caller was pretty rattled, and she wanted someone to “do s...
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A look at the intricate relationship between plants and pollinatorsJun 18, 2019 6:24 am - A look at the intricate relationship between plants and pollinators
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Don't brush it off: Why horsetail is an important - and long-lived - plantMay 26, 2019 8:11 am - Ready for a blast from the past? Check out equisetum, a plant that hearkens to ancient fern forests some 350 million years ago. Equisetum is a relic of a different time,...
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What to do when you find 'abandoned' wildlifeApr 19, 2019 12:48 pm - What to do when you find 'abandoned' wildlife
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Baldfaced hornet nest: Nature's architectural marvelMar 15, 2019 12:09 pm - It wasn't the Great Pyramid of Giza, but the nest outside my office window was an architectural wonder. I marveled at this structure from its incipient stages last July...
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Here's a look at crazy world of critter courtshipFeb 15, 2019 5:17 am - Nothing says love like heart-shaped, chalk-flavored candy embossed with “XOXO,” right? Well, I have heartbreaking news: candy-maker Necco is no longer producing “convers...