Feast for the eyes

On October 30, 2018October 30, 2018 By Mike and Christy24 Comments

The World Wildlife Fund just released their living planet report for 2018. Up front it seems it seem the report could well be titled the dying planet instead of the living planet report given the summary states “On average, we’ve seen an astonishing 60% decline in the size of populations of mammals, birds, fish, reptiles, and amphibians in just over 40 years, according to WWF’s Living Planet Report 2018. The top threats to species identified in the report link directly to human activities, including habitat loss and degradation and the excessive use of wildlife such as overfishing and overhunting.”

You can read the full report here.

or here

https://www.worldwildlife.org/pages/living-planet-report-2018

Please pass along the report to all who care and even those that may not.

Photo: Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone, 2018.

When the wind blows

On October 29, 2018October 15, 2018 By Mike and Christy6 Comments

When the wind blows
Mountains stand still
Soft clouds speed by

GTNP

Survivor

On October 27, 2018October 15, 2018 By Mike and Christy10 Comments

A little inspiration provided by a silent yet strong tree growing in the barren dry hills of western Colorado near the Utah border. When the going gets tough the tough keep growing.

At waters edge

On October 25, 2018October 12, 2018 By Mike and Christy10 Comments

Autumn days spent at waters edge looking across a lake or down the rivers path. Grasses slowly gone from green to gold, clouds have replaced the sun and the winds seem to have picked ever so slightly each day as if to give winter its waking breath.

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Down but not out

On October 23, 2018October 12, 2018 By Mike and Christy2 Comments

Fall colors dulled by a sunless sky.
The shapes of grasses and tress take center stage.
What is there to say.

Tansitions

On October 20, 2018October 5, 2018 By Mike and Christy5 Comments

Sometimes abrupt and sometimes gradual, change is something we can count on, and it sure is good to have something we can count on.

Wet

On October 18, 2018October 5, 2018 By Mike and Christy4 Comments

I think there is a reason this forest is so green.

Fall Reflections

On October 10, 2018September 29, 2018 By Mike and Christy9 Comments

Even with shrinking daylight hours and more cloud than sun in the sky there is always beauty to be found on a hike through the woods.

Before

On October 9, 2018September 29, 2018 By Mike and Christy3 Comments

Before the snow
Rain fell from the skies
Summer never said goodbye

Ursus americanus: American Black Bear

On October 8, 2018September 29, 2018 By Mike and Christy10 Comments

As demonstrated by the shaded areas in the two range maps below Black Bears, which were once ubiquitous to most of North America, occupy only a small fraction of their historical range.

Due to habitat loss and other human factors Black Bears numbers are currently only a fraction of what they once were.

Historical Range:

Current Range:

Vaughan, M.R., and M.R. Pelton. 1995. Black bears in North America, pages 100-103 in E.T. LaRoe III, ed. Our Living Resources. USDI-NBS, Washington, D.C.

Imagine a time of abundance, no not not all you can eat buffets and free soda refills, but a time where animals we share the planet were more than occasional encounters.

nature has no boss

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