Author: Blackcoy

I wrote a poem as I walked along: The Quiet is lacking, hungry fora fiber of substance to be heard,The Trees are longing, yearning fora bird or two to tell stories with,The seed is breaking, shelteredprotected, on a mission to life,Listen human, as you stomp through,open cracks of your toes,Feel, the hard, the soft, the…

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“Unusual Suspects: Allies In The Park Are Closer Than They Appear” https://eartharxiv.org/repository/view/2917/ download from EarthArXiv DOI https://doi.org/10.31223/X5763S Summary One season, 1039 hours, as a Park Ranger at Mesa Verde National Park. Interps we are called, observing, telling stories, being stewards of the past, present and future of wildness. Wildness in the animal world is reserved…

Field Report No. 2 – Tabor Tree Project – November 2021 https://mailchi.mp/af277f6eabe8/field-report-no-2-tabor-tree-project-november-2021

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We are very excited to be planting this new tree adding to the diversity at Mt. Tabor, stay tuned for more photos when we start the new training October 28. 2021. https://americanheritagetrees.org/product/sycamore-moon-seedling/

Beginning in the Fall of 2020, we began the Citizen Science Project called the “Tabor Tree Project” in Portland, Oregon. An old growth forest nestled upon a dormant volcano in the SE of the city, this group of Citizen Scientists identified a diversity of species and ages of trees. Dr. Gossen wiill return with the…

Hello friends, it has been many months since my last post. Mesa Verde has been beautiful, intriguing, humbling, inspiring just to pick a few words to describe this time capsule. in the early 90s, while in grad school at Arizona State, I was introduced to this place as well as Black Mesa and the desert…

Wolfberries, medicine for thousands of years to many cultures. Here at Mesa Verde National Park, they are found as well. Common to Far View Sites they are now in flower, and stand 3′ tall as woody shrubs. When the fruit blooms, it will be orange/red and can be eaten fresh or dried and eaten like…