Coal Mine Site

Coal Mine Site

by | Jul 13, 2010 | Landscape

Crawford County, Kansas – Nature is gradually reclaiming strip mining sites in the Pittsburg area, and some have been transformed into unique recreation and wildlife areas. The area above, dug out during coal mining days, is now part of Crawford State Fishing Lake #1,...
Below the Beaver Dam

Below the Beaver Dam

by | Apr 28, 2010 | Landscape, The Natural World

On the edge of Hot Springs Village, Arkansas – A woodland stream pools above a series of beaver dams. Great turtles sun themselves on the logs in the afternoon sun, snakes slither in the grass, a Canada goose stands firm on a small island, bugs, birds, fish, and a...
Woods-lined Bank and Cabin

Woods-lined Bank and Cabin

by | Apr 19, 2010 | Flint Hills, Landscape

Afternoon light spills over fresh spring growth behind the Charles Rogler cabin, at Pioneer Bluffs, north of Matfield Green, Kansas. Further below, a clear-water stream winds over white limestone, under a flowering redbud tree.