Posts tagged Ecology
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National links: How much good can localism do?
Why increases in local decision-making should be viewed with greater scrutiny. What is placemaking? How we can better protect ecosystems around roads. Keep reading…
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This weird fruit is native to North America and an ‘ecological anachronism’
I was standing in a parking lot in Montgomery County on Saturday when something big and hard hit the ground near me with a loud cracking sound. What had fallen next to me was a Maclura pomifera, otherwise known as the Osage orange. I picked it up, and so began a lesson in the native fruit trees of North America and the eccentricities of our local ecology. Keep reading…