Better Signs Needed Now For Anacostia Tributary Trail System!
Now is the time for Montgomery County to work with Prince George's County and the District of Columbia to create a multi-jurisdictional signage system for the Anacostia Tributary Trail System.
Happy New Year? No. Happy Heron Year!
Incredible luck greeted us for a second consecutive New Year's Day. Forget Happy New Year. Let's make it Happy Heron Year!
Mama Goose 2021 Takes High-Risk Gamble on Sligo Creek
Won-ok and I head down to the University Boulevard stormwater retention ponds to check in on the spring breeding season for the Canada geese...
Sligo Creek Cleanup Brings Blessings From Above
Our plan was to give up our time to aid a Sligo Creek cleanup, but we quickly found that we received so much more than we gave.
Who Stole My Gully?
Hard rain and stormwater runoff can produce dramatic landscape changes overnight. Check out our videos that show a Sligo Creek gully before and after rain.
A Guy Riding His Bike Gets Hit By An Owl And …
A man is enjoying a perfectly good bike ride ... until an owl causes a bicycle crash. This is his story, with some tongue-and-cheek ranting by yours truly.
Gulping Down Memories
A great blue heron, "Norm," makes a spectacular entrance at the ol' Sligo Creek water bar, catches a fish and washes it down with some frosty cold water.
Orion Shines Brightly, Connects Me to the Divine
The Orion constellation has been a huge part of my life from childhood through middle age. It is my portal to the divine and a source of inspiration.
Hope and Hardship for Canada Geese on Sligo Creek
For a colony of Canada geese on Sligo Creek, and one nesting Mama Goose in particular, life is filled with unending drama, tragedy and triumph.
Santa Drops Christmas Gifts On The Northwest Branch Trail
Santa was overly generous on the Northwest Branch today when he gave us a bottomless bag of our favorite kind of Christmas gifts -- nature!
