Archive - The Nature Beat

Keep the pawpaw weird and wild

During each of the past two Septembers, I’ve dipped my Old Town Pack canoe into the Potomac River and gone searching for America’s largest edible native…

Sep 17 •

March 2024

The spotted lanternfly is not that bad...

...and no, you don't need to squash it

Mar 22 •

February 2024

The Eastern United States' powerhouse forests

A study suggests some forests are thriving in our current climate. Others are withering.

Feb 2 •

December 2023

Recent (and not-so-recent) works

Catching up at the end of a busy year

Dec 29, 2023 •

November 2023

A remembrance for a different kind of scientist

Nov 23, 2023 •

May 2023

Stalking the golden swamp bird

First of all, call it the golden swamp bird or golden swamp warbler (GSB or GSW for short).

May 16, 2023 •

April 2023

In defense of foraging

We should feel free to go out and (responsibly) harvest food from the wild

Apr 15, 2023 •

March 2023

February 2023

Could one of our most important trees disappear with barely a whimper?

A mysterious disease aided by an apathetic bureaucracy could doom the American beech

Feb 22, 2023 •

Genetically engineered trees have been planted in American forests

The back-story and some reflections on a wild tree story

Feb 17, 2023 •

Speaking to the future with loppers and hand saws

Planting trees is overrated. We need an army of tree pruners.

Feb 1, 2023 •

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