by Linda Martinson May 2016 Every April I hike over to check out the glade with mossy sink holes and…
Nature Notes March 2021 by Linda Martinson, Blue Ridge Naturalist The West Fork of the French Broad…
March 2017 by Linda Martinson Blooming now from late March into April near Richland Ridge is Shortia galacifolia, a small, …
February 2021by Linda Martinson “Everything is connected, absolutely everything.” Sm’hayetsk Teresa Ryan, forest ecologist, The Mother Tree Project I read…
August 2020 by Linda Martinson We had an exciting surprise one fine August morning: a walkingstick on our car door…
July 2020by Linda Martinson Following up with salamanders: I’ve tried a few times, but I haven’t been able to find…
by Linda MartinsonApril 2020 Bats are in the news these days as the natural hosts of the virus SARS-CoV-2 which…
It Was a Mountain Laurel Spring by Linda Martinson More likely it was due to favorable spring weather with lots…
May/June 2019 by Linda Martinson Every year in May, the big magnolia tree behind our…
October 2018 by Linda Martinson “It must be the beginning of fall because the sourwood leaves have turned a brilliant…
by Linda Martinson, Blue Ridge Naturalist Does anyone else feel that the year has flown by? But undaunted by a…
by Linda Martinson, Blue Ridge Naturalist We often have interesting weather in Western North Carolina. One day this month, during…
