I’ve been focused on revamping the website lately- including our new live data section- and missed a few weeks of writing about our adventures in the woods. Deep into data collection for several...

Last week, the first camas lily in the meadow was blooming, a sure sign that spring is here. Another sign of spring: students working hard to complete their research projects. Each of the last two...

Spring term began this week and the BCEs hit the ground running. Okay, technically, after morning data collection and sit-spots at our micro-wildernesses… they levitated above the ground...

We originally planned a Fire Feast Day for Bella and Gavin’s birthday back in February, but… that day didn’t go exactly as planned. I’ll save that story for another time. A...

A couple BCEs called me out this week for not keeping the blog up. Fair enough! Sometimes I wonder if anyone’s reading along, and shift my focus to other things. If you like reading about these...

We hiked through a variety of forest age classes to a snowy summit after taking a bearing with a map and compass...

It’s tax season, and one of my other jobs, a reluctant bookkeeper, is taking more time out of my week than it does the rest of the year. I should be filing 1099s right now, but I’m taking...

When we arrived this week, the rain gauge was frozen solid. The pond was ice-free but crystal clear. We saw three newts swimming in the muck below. The mosture from the wet medow makes beautiful ice...

We had a very mild fall, but this week, our first BCE of winter and the first week back after break, Mother Nature finally gave us an authentic Oregon winter experience. But before I dive into this...