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COLUMN: Time to grab the tissues — it's ragweed season

COLUMN: Time to grab the tissues — it's ragweed season

Good-sized ragweed can have 5,000 seed pods and releases about 1.25 million pollen grains per day and can travel up to 125 miles, warns columnist
COLUMN: Let's talk turkey — these birds are wild and kind of dumb

COLUMN: Let's talk turkey — these birds are wild and kind of dumb

Columnist is amazed wild turkeys have survived evolution for so long as 'dumb luck describes a turkey's lifestyle'
COLUMN: Imagine if Olympics were held in our local forests

COLUMN: Imagine if Olympics were held in our local forests

Columnist takes you inside Wildlife Summer Olympic Games, which feature both crushing defeats and ultimate survivals
COLUMN: Misunderstood bats are vital weapon against insects

COLUMN: Misunderstood bats are vital weapon against insects

Just seeing a bat out in daylight may cause jitters in some people, but fear not, says columnist, who urges people to become better informed
COLUMN: Homely turkey vultures are vital link in food chain

COLUMN: Homely turkey vultures are vital link in food chain

These scavengers weren't common here until 1970s, columnist explains
COLUMN: Contending with deer flies a challenge while berry picking

COLUMN: Contending with deer flies a challenge while berry picking

'Never had I experienced such an attack,' columnist says of recent outing to find wild berries
COLUMN: It's important not to go wild picking berries

COLUMN: It's important not to go wild picking berries

These days, one of the few options to find wild berries are along trails in parks, but there's a lot of competition, so we need to not be greedy, warns columnist
COLUMN: Beauty of nature is all around us if you look

COLUMN: Beauty of nature is all around us if you look

Just keep your eyes, ears and mind open to the little things going on around you, suggests columnist
COLUMN: Poison ivy, bees, raccoons ... natural world can be nasty

COLUMN: Poison ivy, bees, raccoons ... natural world can be nasty

Sometimes, in rare instances, nature not all it's cracked up to be, says columnist whose weekend took a turn, then another and then another
COLUMN: Nature finds a way ... even in business parks

COLUMN: Nature finds a way ... even in business parks

'Being a well-prepared naturalist, my back-pocket notebook and pen came into play as each property was passed by,' columnist says of recent jaunt