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No Child Left Inside

Friday, June 20th, 2008 Posted in Nature Matters | 2 Comments »

The No Child Left Inside Act (S. 1981 and H.R. 3036), a bill that provides federal environmental education funds to schools, is a way to undo some of the damage done to environmental education by the mandates of the No ...

Desert Bloom Still Going

Tuesday, May 20th, 2008 Posted in Nature Matters, desert plants | 3 Comments »

UPDATE Here are a few flower photos Gidon Singer took on his hike from the Lagunas to Scissors Crossing, on his way to the May 12 Sunrise Powerlink hearings in Borrego Springs. And it's not just flowers that are out this ...

Wildflower Bloom in Anza-Borrego’s San Felipe Hills

Monday, March 31st, 2008 Posted in Anza-Borrego, Nature Matters | No Comments »

The San Felipe Hills are poppin'! Whether it's the barrel cactus, yucca and brittlebush of the lower elevations, the lupines and poppies of the middle reaches, or the bush poppies colonizing the burn areas in the north, spring is bursting ...