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Ahlfeld, David
   Local power, local landscapes
   Saturday, August 20, 2011
   ... and click here to see how the acreage required for local renewable energy was calculated.

Barker Plotkin, Audrey
   
The farm ecosystem, in perfect harmony
   Saturday, June 26, 2010

Baruc, Ricky
   Grow food everywhere: A landscape of food self-sufficiency (with Deb Habib)
   Saturday, June 13, 2009

Beebe, Casey
   When kids play outside, good things happen
   Saturday, May 30, 2009

Blood, Kari
   The future of Pioneer Valley farmland is in our hands
   Saturday, February 4, 2012

Clarke, Tina
   Towns build community resilience in uncertain times
   Saturday, July 24, 2010

Dover, Michael
   Biodiversity at home: tallying the region's varied species
   Saturday, May 2, 2009

   Moving at the speed of life
   Saturday, June 27, 2009

   Book offers a field guide to the past
   Saturday, October 3, 2009

   In Copenhagen, the people's voice on climate change
   Saturday, December 12, 2009

   The Poisons in your Pantry
   Saturday, March 20, 2010

   A bicycle - the ultimate SUV
   Saturday, May 1, 2010

   A variety of thrush songs - a trio of delights
   Saturday, May 29, 2010

   Region offers many reasons to give thanks
   Saturday, November 27, 2010

   A part of your world: Learning and being in place
   Saturday, January 1, 2011

   Talking with children about climate change (with Rebecca Reid)
   Saturday, March 19, 2011

   In praise of silence and the sounds of spring
   Saturday, April 14, 2012

Eiseman, Charley
   'Finicky' insects: Specialized feeders all around us
   Saturday, October 29, 2011

Elbroch, Mark
   Author describes close encounter with cougar
   Saturday, October 1, 2011

Emond, Alan
   Cries in the night - Eastern coyotes' impact on local habitats
   Saturday, February 6, 2010

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Farnsworth, Elizabeth
   Fantastic Ferns of the Pioneer Valley
   Saturday, July 11, 2009

   Visiting the region's wonderful waterfalls
   Saturday, October 17, 2009

   Keeping a nature journal
   Saturday, February 20, 2010

   Feeling drowsy? Finding nifty nap spots in the Valley
   Saturday, June 12, 2010

   Hard knocks, hard rocks: Geology of the Holyoke Range
   Saturday, November 13, 2010

   Moose in our midst
   Saturday, June 11, 2011

   Bears, bees and others settle in for a long winter's nap
   Saturday, December 24, 2011

   Online and in the field: The brave new world of botany
   Saturday, March 31, 2012

Fitch, Laura
   Promoting smart growth in Pioneer Valley
   Saturday, August 21, 2010

Gooch, Ken
   
Invasive insects threaten Massachusetts forests
   Saturday, March 3, 2012

Greenberg, Daniel
   Environment, social consciousness come together in ecovillage
   Saturday, September 17, 2011

Habib, Deb
   Grow food everywhere: A landscape of food self-sufficiency (with Ricky Baruc)
   Saturday, June 13, 2009

Kelley, Colleen
   Environmental education - cultivating real world curiosity
   Saturday, September 18, 2010

Koerten, Katie
   
Admiring the red-tailed hawk -- up high and up close
   Saturday, September 3, 2011

   Turkey vultures: Waste not, want not
   Saturday, February 18, 2012

Kraus, Mary
   Creating my own 'net-zero energy' home
   Saturday, April 4, 2009

   A homeowner's path to a zero net energy home
   Saturday, April 28, 2012

Lappen, Henry
   With adaptation, life forms survive predators, drought
   Saturday, February 5, 2011

Leverett, Robert T.
   Old-growth forests are windows to the past
   Saturday, November 14, 2009

   Big trees of the Eastern Forest, past and present
   Saturday, March 5, 2011

McKinley, Micky
   How come the lights go on? Teaching about energy
   Saturday, December 11, 2010

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Parasiewicz, Piotr
   Fort River: Rich resource in our own backyard (with Kathleen Ryan)
   Saturday, May 28, 2011

Protti, Mark
   University students share international perspectives on environmental education
   Saturday, July 23, 2011

Reid, Rebecca
   Wild chervil coming to a roadside near you
   Saturday, August 22, 2009

   Locavore's delight:  eating locally and loving it
   Saturday, September 19, 2009

   Watching birds, asking questions
   Saturday, July 10, 2010

   Talking with children about climate change" (with Michael Dover)
   Saturday, March 19, 2011

Rose, Joshua
   Brush piles: A backyard bonanza for wildlife
   Saturday, January 7, 2012

Ryan, Kathleen
   Fort River: Rich resource in our own backyard (with Piotr Parasiewicz)
   Saturday, May 28, 2011

Spector, David
   
The tail-waggers return
   Saturday, May 16, 2009

   A kite moves in
   Saturday, July 25, 2009

   Wild lettuce -- no icebergs in sight
   Saturday, September 5, 2009

   Turkey Pass history and the turkey on your table
   Saturday, November 21, 2009

   Breeding season begins for a spectacular raptor
   Saturday, December 26, 2009

   Ash fall in Hadley - larks and merlins
   Saturday, January 23, 2010

   Watching the snow melt
   Saturday, March 6, 2010

   Springtime courtship: A tale of grackle tails
   Saturday, April 17, 2010

   Bobolinks - the poets' "rowdy" bird
   Saturday, May 15, 2010

   Who's afraid of the big bad box elder?
   Saturday, August 7, 2010

   Furry cricket catcher and the "balance of nature"
   Saturday, October 2, 2010

   A whiff in winter
   Saturday, January 22, 2011

   Sign of spring: Hip, hip, hooray for the song sparrow
   Saturday, April 2, 2011

   The many pleasures of springtime's trillium
   Saturday, May 14, 2011

   A moth ensures successful bird walk
   Saturday, July 9, 2011

  Shower predicted; umbrella not necessary
  Saturday, August 6, 2011

  There's no gooses like snow gooses, like no gooses I know
  Saturday, October 15, 2011

  The Christmas Bird Count: A pleasant start to the New Year tradition
  Saturday, December 10, 2011

   Educator learns valuable lessons from a hawk
   Saturday, January 21, 2012

   Just a robin? Take a second look
   Saturday, March 17, 2012

Sullivan, Ginny
   Lens on outdoor learning
   Saturday, February 19, 2011

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Unkles, Jennifer
   
Mom-and-son mission: Tagging "monarch flutterbies"
   Saturday, September 4, 2010

Watt, Ted
   
"Big Night" for salamanders
   Saturday, March 21, 2009

   The dancing ground: A special sign of spring
   Saturday, April 18, 2009

   Go ponding! The world of aquatic insects
   Saturday, August 8, 2009

   Don't worry, these jumping "fleas" don't bite
   Saturday, January 9, 2010

   Into the woods - the private life of jack-in-the-pulpit
   Saturday, April 3, 2010

   Composting leaf fall, trout lilies and recycling
   Saturday, October 16, 2010

   Hepatica in bloom: A cherished spring ritual
   Saturday, April 16, 2011

   Native witch hazel: The last flower
   Saturday, November 12, 2011

Westover, Peter
 
 
Future of the Valley's agriculture
   Saturday, October 31, 2009

Winship, Lawrence J.
   
Old trees, old forests, old friends
   Saturday, January 8, 2011

   Surprising solar salamanders
   Saturday, June 25, 2011

   The trees show their colors
   Saturday, November 26, 2011

   Considering wild ginger, ants and an old paradox
   Saturday, May 12, 2012

Wojtech, Michael
   
Bark for all seasons
   Saturday, April 30, 2011

Woodhull, Annie
   
Disappearance of the bees has "huge implications"
   Saturday, October 30, 2010

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