May 2022

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Shovels and Films Dig into Mountain History on New River, National Forests

NC Foothills Conservancy looks to unearth town from the 1500s
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Skywatch, May-June 2022

Jupiter Jumps Venus, then Mars
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Housing Projects for Bluebirds

Sustaining the once-dwindling bluebird population depends on human help.
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Mill Creek Stories: French Kisses

I am a professional dog trainer. I am also a professional writer. Sometimes the two worlds collide and you get a story about dogs, like this one.
Wild strawberry plants in bloom.

May’s Wild Edible: Wild Strawberries

Fragaria virginiana is one of the first plants to bloom in these mountains, thus supplying a wide variety of bees, butterflies, and moths with an important source of pollen and nectar.

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Behind Blue Ridge Country

Even More Sweet Virginia Breezes

Casually cruising to Claytor Lake in southwest Virginia, I felt like I had come home – back to where it

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