Third-grader, Maarit A’Hearn, who lives in Southern California, observes the natural world with the eye of a scientist. We suspect this may have been cultivated by her dad, Peter A’Hearn, who is a K-12 Science Specialist. Those of us at the Cavity Conservation Initiative were delighted to learn that while hiking with her father this past winter in […]
Our reasons for joy keep rising when it comes to Dessi and his mom, Beatrix, who live in the Los Angeles area. Dessi is a student whom we watch with great hope. This 12 year-old is a model nature enthusiast and advocate. Teaching his peers about the value of dead trees to wildlife at […]
Since we want to make it both easy and fun for you to teach others about the habitat value of dead and dying trees, we have loads of unique tools for you. Check out the new NATURE SHOP on our website, cavityconservation.com. You are going to find more fun than you can handle in one […]
We love reasons to praise people for saving a dead tree! And we love when wildlife are fast to thank them as well. This was the case near Lake Superior in Wisconsin where homeowner David Sonstegard and his wife, Judy, topped a dead birch to be able to safely retain it for wildlife. A […]
George Wuerthner, respected ecologist and author of 30 books on ecology and conservation, submitted to the Cavity Conservation Initiative this eloquent and enlightening article about the role of fire in forest ecosystems. Even if you have only a casual appreciation of the natural world, the conceptual images in this piece will swoop you quickly […]
Read the main story here Dead trees are lifesavers for many birds BY JENNIFER J. MEYER / Contributing Writer Published: April 16, 2014 Updated: April 20, 2014 11:32 a.m. Gillian Martin would like everyone to know just how important a dead tree can be. Martin, a volunteer naturalist, is spreading the word about the benefits […]
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