Today's sermon is from Jack. (Arisaema triphyllum)

The Allegheny Front: President To Eliminate US Forest Service Research And Close 4 Facilities In Pennsylvania www.alleghenyfront.org/trump-cuts-f...

Breaking news: Indiana University plant microbiologist Roger Innes has been locked out of his laboratory by the school in response to a request by one of his federal funders. The move comes after Innes complained about the government’s prosecution of Chinese postdocs. https://scim.ag/4tsDqRr

Smallflower phacelia (Phacelia dubia) in the seed plot is loaded with hundreds of tiny bees that you will just have to imagine are there, as the picture doesn't do them justice!

Hawk Mountain Sanctuary Spring Native Plant Sale May 16 www.hawkmountain.org/events/sprin...

Today's ground cover tip is brought to you by Common blue violet (Viola sororia).

“They’re destroying more than fifty research facilities across thirty-one states, labs that house decades of irreplaceable long-term science…And they’re replacing all of it — the offices, the scientists, the institutional knowledge, the professional independence — with fifteen political appointees”

Lyre-leaved rockcress (Arabidopsis lyrata) in one of our seed-increase plots. Last night's soaking rain did not dim their shine. 💎

Every year it's obligatory that I take a photo of the Marsh marigolds (Caltha palustris) blooming on the edge of the goldfish pond. I'll soon be able to do some phenology tracking.

One of the cheeriest winter annuals, Yellow fumewort (Corydalis flavula) is blooming in south central Pennsylvania.

DCNR: Since 2023, US Bureau Of Economic Analysis Data Shows PA Outdoor Recreation Economy Grew By 21%, Added 12,000 Jobs [PaEN] tinyurl.com/3j5dy5wx

This study is from 2018, but I only just learned about it. Nothing surprising here really, but it’s upsetting nonetheless. As someone said, add in lawnmowers, leaf blowers… #pollinators

I hugged a tree today.

Big Lots has sold a warehouse in Tremont Township on Rausch Creek Rd, Pennsylvania to the feds for an ICE detention facility, according to the Republican Herald. #pennsylvania #schuylkillcounty

Wildlife For Everyone Foundation: Game Commission Seedlings for Schools Program Starts Accepting Orders Feb. 2 [PaEN] tinyurl.com/4akym2sz

The new seed display rack has been approved by the supervisor of feline QC.

We will either end fossil fuel dependency and the predatory extractivist basis of global production, or they will end us through wars and ecological collapse - all at the same time.

The light returns. The Winter Solstice brings warmth, light and the promise of spring. #wintersolstice

"Billionaire" by the Flying Vees may be the best new holiday song I've heard this year.

Chesapeake Bay Journal - Karl Blankenship: Eels Made A Comeback In The Susquehanna River, But Most Die As They Migrate South To Spawn www.bayjournal.com/news/fisheri...

The red pedicels and peduncles of Arrowwood viburnum contrast nicely with the blue fruits. #viburnumdentatum

PennLive Guest Essay: PA Electric Ratepayers Will Foot The Bill From Three Mile Island Nuclear Plant Restart, While Microsoft A.I. Data Centers Get The Power - By Eric Epstein, Three Mile Island Alert www.pennlive.com/opinion/2025...

Help Wanted: Manada Conservancy Executive Director [PaEN] tinyurl.com/4u3pn4zz

In Virginia, the governor and attorney general races are especially important. In Pennsylvania, remember to vote YES on the retention of the Supreme Court justices on the ballot. In California, vote YES on Proposition 50.

Pennsylvania Wilds: PA Wilds Kicks Off Holiday Shopping Season With Online Makers Market Oct. 25 www.pawildscenter.org/blog/2025-ma...

Human exceptionalism began when we stopped seeing ourselves as part of the food web. Agriculture gave us control, then the illusion of superiority. Every species that outruns its limits believes it’s invincible—until it’s not. phys.org/news/2025-10...

Purple lovegrass and Tall thoroughwort growing on waste rock from an abandoned mine. #eragrostisspectabilis #eupatoriumaltissimum

Utility Dive: US Dept. Of Energy Cancels $7.6 Billion In Clean Energy Project Grants In States That Voted Against President tinyurl.com/4w6za8m3

Inside Climate News: Shale Gas Was Supposed To Lower PA Electric Bills, Instead They’re Higher Than Ever And About To Get Worse [Due To LNG Gas Exports, A.I. Data Center Demand] tinyurl.com/mvza6sct

An American lotus #nelumbolutea colony covers acres of water in the part of the Susquehanna River known as the Conejohela flats--an area once home to thriving Native Nations tribes.

Morning Call Guest Essay: Recycling Is Key To A Stronger PA Economy, Environmental Future - By Darlene J. Robbins, Northeast PA Manufacturers www.mcall.com/2025/08/27/y...

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We know a few things about grasses (and sedges and rushes) 😁

Stand up for your public lands.

The seed capsules of Eastern smooth beardtongue #penstemonlaevigatus are stunning hues of plum and merlot right now. Manheim, Pennsylvania.

An oversized Pearl crescent? Nope--a Silvery checkerspot #chlosynenycteis hanging around the Purple flowered raspberry #rubusodoratus and Blue waxweed #cupheaviscosissima this morning. Bainbridge, PA.

Nature connectedness has dropped 60% since 1800. Hard to feel connected when: 1️⃣ Nature is gone. 2️⃣ Wildlife is gone. 3️⃣ The planet is packed with people. Without reversing all three, “policy change” is just a nice thought experiment. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Chesapeake Bay Journal: The Price Of A.I. - How Is A.I. Impacting Energy Production And Prices? www.bayjournal.com/news/energy/...

You can't go wrong with a Joe Pye weed. #eutrochiumfistulosum #papilioglaucus

LancasterOnline: Residents Push Back Against Proposed $6 Billion A.I. Data Center In Lancaster City lancasteronline.com/news/regiona...

What is one beautiful plant that I regret planting? Purple passionflower #passifloraincarnata. "It's not supposed to thrive this far north, it won't be obnoxious," I thought. *Engulfed by passionflower*

TribLive: Frog Week A Leap Into Education, Improving Habitat triblive.com/local/westmo...

Weaponizing Christianity: The Attack on Democracy | Yardley's Joe Sundeen reviews "Money, Lies, and God: Inside the Movement to Destroy American Democracy" and "The Violent Take It By Force: The Christian Movement that is Threatening our Democracy."

This Snowberry clearwing moth #hemarisdiffinis was moving too fast for my camera, but it was just one of the many kinds of pollinators on the native Wild basil #clinopodiumvulgare this morning.

Warren Times: State, Private, Tribal Forestry Division Proposed To Be Eliminated In National Forest Service That Helps Local Companies tinyurl.com/nhdpet35

A friendly PSA to my fellow native plant gardeners, you don't need to amend your soil to grow Butterfly milkweed (or most native plants for that matter!) Right plant, right place! #asclepiastuberosa

A customer question that I didn't have a good answer for until now..."What flowering perennials will do well under mature Pine trees?" Answer: Starry campion #silenestellata and Hoary skullcap #scutellariaincanum. Any other suggestions?

US. Environmental Protection Agency Declaration Of Dissent Signed By Over 1,240 Employees [PaEN] tinyurl.com/bzbd8jwh

NYT: EPA Suspends 144 Employees After They Signed A Letter Criticizing The President tinyurl.com/47tunuyn

Interfaith Partners For The Chesapeake Bay: Sept. 4 Webinar - Rewild Your Yard: How Meadows Support Pollinators And Clean Water [PaEN] tinyurl.com/47c9thw3