by admin | May 12, 2020 | Lightning Update
The use and nature of public open space is already changing. Where will it go? How will it evolve? What do we need to do to make it more available and equitable? (Photo: CCP/Doherty) The global pandemic has almost instantly impacted public open space. Both for good...
by admin | May 5, 2020 | Lightning Update
Let’s start with this. It’s remarkable and it feels good. It’s a 5 minute reminder of how much is often unseen. And for conservationists like us, it’s a sign of the wildlife corridors all around, even at this micro scale.(Filmed in Pennsylvania...
by admin | May 4, 2020 | Monday Magic
You might easily pass it by. Just another tree along a trail in your county park. But, thirty feet above the ground someone naps through the day.(Photos: clandestinewren photography) By Jonathan Doherty It’s continuously astonishing how much goes on around us that we...
by admin | Apr 28, 2020 | Lightning Update
What’s happening now is big. Bigger than most of us have ever experienced. It will cause dramatic change. The question is: how do we respond, and how do we advance conservation that benefits all?(Illustration: UK News-Observer/Chris Ridell) This is the time for...
by admin | Apr 20, 2020 | Lightning Update
Fifty years ago, Walter Cronkite, the “most trusted man in America'” summarized the first Earth Day in a two minute commentary that seems both remarkable and relevant today. It’s well worth watching. This week we commemorate history — the 50th...