by Linda Martinson
February 2020
One could write a book about coyotes, but don’t bother because an excellent and engaging one has already been written: Coyote America by Dan Flores. Coyote America has been described as “one of the great epics of our time…a masterly synthesis of scientific research and personal observation….the illuminating five-million-year biography of [an] extraordinary animal.”
Read moreA message from Cathy Walsh, member, Tree Protection Task Force
BRNN Members,
You may remember that you voted to support this effort for the fiscal year 2020 last spring, but the City Council and the City Manager did not vote for it last year.
This year, after meetings with almost all City Council members and Asheville City staff, there is a much greater chance that this will be passed.
Julie Mayfield at the Blue Ridge Naturalist Network meeting last week spoke favorably of hiring an Urban Forester and developing a Master Urban Forest Plan. The Tree Protection Task Force has developed a blog and a campaign to generate even more support for this program this year.
I am asking the Blue Ridge Naturalist Network to again support this effort.
Attached is a one-page information sheet developed by the campaign committee summarizing the need and solution. The benefit of protecting the tree canopy to birds, pollinators and other native wildlife is self-evident, and I hope you agree and support this call for action.
Thank you,
Cathy Walsh
P.S. Asheville GreenWorks only plants native trees
Read the full request by downloading the One-Page below:
by Linda Martinson, Blue Ridge Naturalist
We often have interesting weather in Western North Carolina. One day this month, during about an hour and a half period mid-morning we experienced; fog, sudden sunshine, rain turning to sleet, gusty winds, sunshine again, and then, a lovely rainbow over the mountains. The last few days have been so cold that the rhododendron leaves are calling for help. It’s sometimes hard to get a grip on the weather in January and in our area in general.
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