In golf, a “hazard” such as a sand trap or pond is also considered a feature. This duality speaks to broader ambiguities surrounding how land is cared for (or not), what that care means, and how it is always subject to multiple interpretations and contrasting values.

What does it mean to be, and is it possible to be, a non-native entity and also a generous caretaker of the land where one finds oneself?

One thing I enjoy about sharing aerial photographs with people is that it kind of blows their minds to see familiar places from above.

Typhon is stirring and Typha will be ready when he wakes.

My PSW, that is, the Greater Cataraqui Marsh PSW, has been playing the role of support worker in a healing process that has taken uncountable twists and turns.

A sampling of poems and photos just published in the journal Public, in a special issue on Making Worlds in the Pluriverse.

For as long as I’ve loved wetlands, I’ve had a thing for cattails.

A letter to the City of Kingston, 21 December 2023

More than 60 people came together over the span of a week in May to celebrate the familiar and the new, the static and the changing, the mundane and the novel.

Learning to Listen with Matt Rogalsky

A bioblitz is on-the-ground citizen science. It is fun, flexible, and easy. No prior experience or naturalist knowledge is required, and all ages are welcome!

A reflection on Myra Hird

What does water want?

In which our resident naturalist hearkens to the chickadees

In which your intrepid team visits Moose Creek Landfill