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Joseph H. Williams Tallgrass Prairie OMN Field Trip June 17, 2023

The nearly 3 hour trip from Shawnee through Pawhuska and deep into the tallgrass prairie in the Flint Hills was worth the effort. Why so...

Desert Solitaire A Season in the Wilderness by Edward Abbey

Summer Book Review Becky Emerson Carlberg In keeping with the dry, hot days of this summer, why not read a paperback written by an...

Wildwood A Journey Through Trees

Review by Becky Emerson Carlberg Roger was a fellow tree lover and woodlander. So much so he claimed sap ran through his veins as did...

The Big Four

Becky Emerson Carlberg The orange harvest moon brightened the Monday night sky. The Fall equinox arrives today. Summer is history. ...

Blackberry Time Again

Becky Emerson Carlberg Mark your calendars. July 9-10 is the McLoud Blackberry Festival at Veteran’s Memorial Park. This year it is...

Birds Art Life. A Year of Observation Kyo Maclear

OMN Book Review by Becky Emerson Carlberg The book sat on my bedside stand for months before I opened it. The chapters were divided into...

Knife, Fork, Spoon?

Becky Emerson Carlberg My neighborhood is recovering from the ice event. Electricity again flowed to the last houses Friday before...

2020 Fall Bioblitz

Becky Emerson Carlberg The Fall BioBlitz! OK 2020 arrived Oct 2nd, ending on the 4th. Because participants were not able to meet at the...

The Nose Knows

Can you feel it? Autumn is in the air. More butterflies and caterpillars are appearing. Birds are finishing up family chores. The two...

Blackberry Capital of the World

From a distance I watched the white truck slowly advance down the road. Suddenly it pulled over and stopped. Two people got out and...

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