Liberty Landscape Supply has announced a new event series titled "Liberty Academy," which offers continuing education, expert guidance, and community engagement for area homeowners, contractors, and …

Whenever I go to Gainesville, every few months, I always try to stop at either Paynes Prairie Preserve State Park or Sweetwater Wetlands . These two natural areas are full of visible wildlife and …

Now is the time to get out in our natural areas and take a walk. In days past, I used to lead five-mile hikes for newcomers and friends, but those days are gone. Five miles is a bit too much for me, …

I’ve lived in Fernandina about 25 years, so of course I’ve been to Cumberland Island. I can see it from my walks on the Fort Clinch beach, where sometimes the famous horses are even visible from …

Lately, our remaining patches of maritime forests are on my mind. It started when my friends Susan and Flip showed me a bike trail in the Egans Creek Greenway that I had never traversed. It’s a …

Well, it took an overnight stay in a Mayan home in Belize for me to figure out the difference between cacao and cocoa. I was visiting Juanita and Reiny Choc in Indian Creek Village and they toured me …

Bucko and I visit Placencia, Belize a few times a year for a couple of weeks at a time. We stay at the same five-room beachside hotel, in the same room, with the same neighbors. Over the years, I …

Christmas in Belize is a celebration with traditions, family and remarkably good weather, or so we heard. Nearly a year ago we booked our two-week stay in Placencia for our favorite room in our small …

Bucko and I are not really fans of Thanksgiving and Christmas. With no children and grandchildren to spoil and no church that we attend, the holidays are mostly lost on us. But it is a time to see …

Did you know that more than 140 fur farm foxes have now been removed from their small cages, rescued by the Save a Fox organization and are now rehomed right here in Nassau County? Two nearby …

In my world, one thing always leads to another, prompted most often by my insatiable curiosity. Recently my friends Susan and Flip joined me for a follow-up on my recent monarch butterfly tagging …

I am always eager to go someplace to see fall colors. Sometimes I am up in New England, and sometimes closer to home in north Georgia, where the autumn leaves glow in colors of red, yellow and orange …

Relax for a peaceful moment with horses on Cumberland Island.

It’s an issue that is in the back of my mind every week. I need a story! Every week for more than 20 years I have been writing my Wildways column, first in the Fernandina News Leader and for …

Wherever you find oysters growing, you know the health of the ecosystem is based upon their presence. Oysters filter up to 50 gallons of water per day, cleaning the water of murky contents, thereby …

It is finally fall and I am excited for the seasonal change. Cooler weather means it is time for roasting oysters over an open fire. And, as an ostreophile — a lover of oysters — I look …

For longer than I have known him, my husband of nearly 50 years has had a “bucket list” that he made when he was just a lad on Long Island. And, over the years, he has seen them all, some …

I am a dendrophile, that is, a person who loves trees and forests. One of my favorite trees is the longleaf pine. About 150 years ago, the Southeast United States contained 90 million acres of …

In my life, I pay attention when three unconnected experiences reveal something in common to me. Recently it’s been pigs and hogs, the members of the mammal family Suidae. I didn’t go out …

It is officially fall and with each passing day, the amount of sunlight decreases until the arrival of next spring. This change signals the natural world in the northern hemisphere to prepare for …