Have you ever met an Ironwood tree? They only exist in Arizona, in an area that President Bill Clinton On June 9, 2000, established Ironwood Preserve as a national monument to protect these endemic trees and to the thousands of artifacts, and over 200 Hohokam archaeological sites that remain here. It protects 129,000 acres (almost…
New Blog for 2022
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…
Research Scholar Candace Gossen’s latest blog post is up:
Ronin Institute Article click here
Field Report 2021- Mesa Verde NP published on EarthArXiv December 2021
“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…
Mailchimp Campaign for the Citizen Scientists participating in the Tabor Tree Project
Field Report No. 2 – Tabor Tree Project – November 2021 https://mailchi.mp/af277f6eabe8/field-report-no-2-tabor-tree-project-november-2021
Field Report No. 2 – Tabor Tree Project – Nov 2021
Arrived in Portland, First Training Session for the Tabor Tree Project begins tomorrow 10/28/21
See the Ronin Institute’s Recent BLOG post
Moon Tree will be new addition to Mt. Tabor
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/
Tabor Tree Project – Part Two begins October 28, 2021
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…
Autumn is here 2021
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…