Nature

Shorebirds

These birds were market hunted, whenever they were present, until receiving protection from the Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918.

Volume 13, Issue 9, September 2018
Sherri Leigh Smith

28th Year of Common Tern Habitat Improvement

The 28th year of coordinated efforts among partners to increase the St. Lawrence River’s threatened common tern population, through habitat improvement and monitoring projects, have yielded results

Volume 13, Issue 9, September 2018
Lindsay Proulx

Something Kinda Neat

While walking through the woods one day… in the merry month of July… We had a nice surprise a few weeks...

Volume 13, Issue 8, August 2018
Keith LaPointe

Hiking the Thousand Islands

Anyone who knows the Mondores also knows that my husband and I love to hike! And we especially love to hike the Thousand Islands.

Volume 13, Issue 8, August 2018
Patty Mondore

Dog-Strangling Vine Invades Wolfe Island

Dog-strangling Vine (DSV), which is also called Swallow-wort are aggressively invasive vines.

Volume 13, Issue 8, August 2018
Margaret Dochoda

Songbird Forest: A Refuge

Migrant birds that travel twice annually between temperate North America and the New World Tropics have always faced many natural dangers.

Volume 13, Issue 8, August 2018
Sherri Leigh Smith

Dog Owners: Be Alert to Harmful Algal Blooms!

New York Sea Grant reminds those of us who have dogs, who love the water, to be alert to the danger that harmful algal b...

Volume 13, Issue 7, July 2018
Kara Lynn Dunn

The Seaway’s 60th, Part 3: Working at Heights

Perspective, in history, is everything. Aerial photography captures a River being transformed by the Seaway...

Volume 13, Issue 6, June 2018
Craig I. Stevenson

Let it Rain!

When was the last time you saw a rainy day postcard? Sure, we all like the postcard view of the world. The one where the...

Volume 13, Issue 6, June 2018
Lynn E. McElfresh