Near Yellowstone National Park, Bison Migration Heralds the Return of Spring By Tom Torma Broadcast 4.2012 and 3.23 & 3.26.2022 Listen: There were bison in my driveway this morning. In most northerly places, the return of spring is marked with the...
The Importance of a Cottonwood Twig By Deb Mowry Broadcast 2.23 & 2.26.2022 Listen: My boots crunch the snow on my timbered yard as I hike among the trees. I usually stop and say hello to each of them. But today, I am focused on a solitary tall...
That’s No Flea, It’s a Snow Fly! by Cedar Mathers-Winn Broadcast 2.19 & 2.24.2017 and 1.12 & 1.15.2022 Listen: When I’m out in the woods in winter, I tend to keep my eyes on the ground. I’m looking for tracks, scat – signs of...
Snow, Sky, and the Color Blue by Becca Deysach Broadcast 1.2004, 1.2016, and 1.5 & 1.8.2022 Listen: I am running downhill though wet snow on a hill above Lolo Pass, thinking to myself, “So this is what it feels like to be Sasquatch.” Only that giant...
Growing Their Brain is Just One Way Black-Capped Chickadees Survive the Winter by Linda Pilsworth Broadcast 12.8 & 12.11.2021 Listen: It’s only late October and a polar express sweeps down upon us with frigid temperatures, wind and snow. I watch from...