Join Friends of North Beach Park for some post-Thanksgiving green calories on Saturday, November 28, 2015. We’ll meet at the main entrance to the park, 24th Ave and 90th St. NW. The work party will run from 9 a.m. to noon, rain or shine.

We’ll be planting in different areas in the main body of the park. The plants we have range from small ( Read more... )

Per Square Mile has an apparently simple quiz: given a set of road networks from around the globe, drawn to the same scale, can you tell which are from cities and which are from the countryside? I think I got about half right (unfortunately, I looked up the answers before writing my own down).

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From Atlantic Cities:

How Urban Parks Enhance Your Brain

Two groups were given a test. Then one group walked through downtown Ann Arbor, and the other walked through the U of M Arboretum. The group that took the nature walk got higher scores when the test was repeated.

The author of the blog post also discusses a more recent study, and posts a map ( Read more... )

As Forests Disappear, Examining the Mechanisms of Their Death

Researching the mechanics of tree death, in hopes of fighting back some of the numerous tree die-offs happening around the world.

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Sediment forming sandbars at mouth of Elwha River.

The effects of dam removal in some positive cases are happening faster than expected.

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Looking Back: 2012’s “Top 10” Tree Stories


A summary of stories related to urban forest and green infrastructure, good and bad.

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• Nested sets | Ramble
  
  Neat story of a nest within a nest - a sparrow’s nest built inside an abandoned wasp nest.
  (tags: house sparrows Dolichovespula maculata sparrow nest hornets wild life )



• Suddenly There’s A Meadow In The Ocean With ‘Flowers’ Everywhere : Krulwich Wonders… : NPR
  
  A rare (but increasingly likely) atmospheric condition involves the ( Read more... )

• “Eco-pragmatism” and the environmental movement
  
  “Eco-pragmatism” is the idea that nature is all around us. There is no untouched nature, and yet it’s all around us. The better we appreciate the nature around us, the better we can make the world.
  (tags: ecology eco-pragmatism wildlife )

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• LIDAR Reveals Subtle Ripples in the Forest Near Crater Lake · KUOW · EarthFix
  
  Using LIDAR imaging to map the forest floor around Crater Lake reveals details impossible to see with the naked eye.
  (tags: crater lake forest floor imaging LIDAR )



• Condit Dam Removal Explained on Vimeo
  
  Brief video talking about the Condit Dam removal on Washington’s ( Read more... )

• The science of cities: Life in the concrete jungle : Nature News & Comment
  
  A new field of ecology involves researching the ecology of cities - how do urban forests actually work? What are the sources of greenhouse gases?
  (tags: urban ecology urban restoration urban social eco cities )



• Alaska’s iconic Columbia Glacier expected to stop retreating in ( Read more... )