Today’s column, I’m happy to say, involves good news about the environment. It’s not huge news, admittedly, and it’s not quite as exciting as I thought it was going to be, but in today’s world, I’ll ...
A botanist who first profiled and named the delta bulrush says the plant has natural properties that could help reduce the impact of the Gulf oil spill on the Mississippi delta. A prominent botanist ...
Michael Giamber grew accustomed to surveyors, archaeologists and other experts examining his Fairmount Township property as part of a proposed pipeline expansion, but he was caught off guard when they ...
The endangered northeastern bulrush once complicated plans for a $1.2 billion natural gas pipeline. Now, that proposed pipeline project is defunct while the plant appears to thrive as an Endangered ...
Twenty years ago, at this time of year, I found myself walking the margin of a marsh in east-central Vermont with Bob Popp, Vermont state botanist at that time. We had traveled to that particular site ...
WASHINGTON— The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposed today to remove the northeastern bulrush, a flowering plant native to the northeastern United States, from the endangered species list because ...
Former curator of botany at the Academy of Natural Sciences says a plant that he named 40 years ago shows promise in protecting delta ecosystems. A Philadelphia botanist says a plant he named forty ...
On Monday, the first of 11,000 bulrush plants will be planted along a 3-mile stretch of Lake Dora’s shoreline to help restore spawning habitat for bass and other fish. The program, supervised by ...
State fishery biologists are looking for volunteers to help transplant bulrush along the shore of west Lake Tohopekaliga this weekend. Officials with the Florida Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission ...
Have you ever wondered what keeps you warm in your winter jacket? Most jacket insulation is made from human-made synthetic ...
A Himalayan balsam flower, first found in Windham County by a team of researchers from Eastern Connecticut State University in 2020. A study of flora in Windham County has revealed 49 new plant ...
PHILADELPHIA, PA (June 28, 2010)—A revered botanist at the Academy of Natural Sciences who first profiled and then named the delta bulrush says the plant has natural properties that could help reduce ...