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Conservation Corner: Moving too fast has consequences

We hear lots of complaints about the aches and pains of getting old, but I’m beginning to think ...

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Conservation Corner: Fresh air or cool air?

Believe it or not, I often spend the whole month thinking about a possible subject for the next ...

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Conservation Corner: Water runs downhill, carrying whatever it can along the way

I want to spend a few minutes expounding upon the simple premise that water flows downhill, and takes ...

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Your property rights stop at your property line

The flip side of ‘Your property rights stop at your property line’ is that your responsibilities start at ...

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Go take a walk. Maybe you’ll learn something.

A couple of weeks ago I needed to move my two ponies from the pasture here at home ...

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Conservation Corner: Lack of land ownership equals poverty

At this moment I am sitting in a crowded airplane on the way home from Guatemala. I came ...

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Conservation Corner: The hidden costs of progress

Last Sunday afternoon I was driving home from Belmont, N.C. by myself listening to good music, basically daydreaming ...

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Be a hero in your own community

Sometimes this column is hard for me to write, and sometimes it is easy. This time it’s hard ...

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There are no easy answers sometimes

At this moment I’m riding in the back seat of Dave and Patty Slater’s pick-up truck, on our ...

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How do we as a society value trees?

“Nearly everything I’ve needed to know about life, I’ve learned from trees. ~ Stoney Lamar We all talk ...

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