Sometimes people wonder how to connect the humanities with environmental efforts, although the two are inseparable given the environmental function of story-telling among humans. One prime example occurred yesterday, when U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar designated a new extension of the national historic river trail system, including the Susquehanna River through Pennsylvania (all [...]
In SGL 106, Fish and Game, besides destroying a great research site for Ailanthus along Pine Swamp Road, is doing its best to spread and compound the problem. The parking area I discovered a biocontrol system in last summer has since been mowed and the Ailanthus trees bush-hogged. This has also apparently happened in the [...]
Garlic mustard in the central Pennsylvania State Game lands appears to be mainly spread by vehicles and the practices of Fish and Game. In the State Game Lands in northern Berks County/southern Schuylkill County and Boyd Big Tree Preserve what I observe is that the plants are primarily along roads, service roads, trails and other [...]
Presently, I am writing an article on traditional vs. native biocontrols and how to locate native biocontrols. With Ailanthus altissima, I have found native biocontrols. At the same time, I was able to develop the theory and practice that allows us to locate other natives. My basic attitude is a hands-off approach until we [...]
Language defines a culture. Those who control the language control the culture. The context of a word defines whether it is viewed as good or bad, a label to be proud of or feel shame for. As Environmentalists we face this on a daily basis. I am a tree hugger, ecologist and liberal without apology. [...]
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse are the natural result of environmental degradation through human actions. Conquest or Plague is the first horseman. If he is considered Conquest then this is the natural result of human arrogance. If he is considered plague the analogy fits tighter as a natural result of an overpopulated area or [...]
As ecologists we are called to look deeper than the obvious. The failure of the Green Revolution is that it attempted to control hunger without controlling population growth. As humans we are like any other species in that we will expand to the limits of environmental carrying capacity and then collapse when the limit is [...]
Dr. Paul Epstein, a man with a compassionate heart who had a remarkable career in public health, died at age 67 on November 13, 2011. He loved to play basketball, even though he wasn’t tall, and he loved to distribute the ball to other players who had an open shot. If no one was open, [...]
FRACKING – Exploit, crash and burn is not good policy The present business and government attitude of exploit, crash and burn is not good policy. The best economy is one that is stable, not growth oriented. Growth means that resources will be depleted and go extinct. A few win big in the short term, everyone [...]
There is a Difference Between Visiting the Enemy’s Camp and Sleeping with the Enemy – the PA Chamber of Business and Industry Innovations in Transportation Infrastructure Summit as an ecologist On Thursday March 1, I attended the PA Chamber of Business and Industry Innovations in Transportation Infrastructure Summit as an ecologist. There were some very [...]
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