Southern Environmental Heroes (Sheroes?)

I like this college student's environmental blog, and it was so nice of her to draw attention to this month's Garden & Gun Magazine which has a photo and article about the work I'm doing for the Old-Growth Forest Network. The article is not available online, but it is on the shelf right now at Barnes and Nobles. The magazine sent photographer Michael Bowles to meet me in an old-growth forest. I was amazed when he unpacked a beautiful large format film camera -- those may be the last photos ever taken of me on film! In a few months I will be able to share the photos with you online, but until then you'll have to find a copy of the magazine.
Here is the blog:
Preppy Girl Green: Southern Environmental Heroes: I have been a dedicated reader of  Garden & Gun  for a few years now. I love the overall emotional feel of the magazine and the Southern ro...

Article about my reading at St. Mary's College

http://thepointnews.com/2012/03/save-the-old-growth-forests-voices-reading-presents-joan-maloof

This link points to a nice newspaper article about my St. Mary's College reading.

Old-Growth Forest Network gets first online donation!

After working  diligently, joyfully, and without pay, to develop the Old-Growth Forest Network; today we got our first online donation. If you have been waiting for your opportunity to support this important movement please visit www.oldgrowthforest.net and look for our new "donate" button. Blessings.

It will be a beautiful day to visit Adkins Arboretum

Announcement for my talk at Adkins Arboretum this week:
http://talbotspy.com/nature-writer-to-discuss-old-growth-forests-march-14-2/

Acorns in the middle of the trail at St Mary's River State Park. Did they fall this way? Or did some animal do this?

Reading tonight at St. Mary's College

It's a beautiful day on the campus of St. Mary's College. I have already taken a 4 mile hike in St. Mary's River State Park -- the candidate for the Old-Growth Forest Network in this county (St. Mary's). Saw 1 blooming flower (besides those on the red maple trees), 1 frog, and 1 butterfly, spring is here! A beautiful forest. Tonight I give a reading at the College. See link below for details:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/going-out-guide-for-prince-georges-county-and-southern-maryland-march-8-14/2012/02/29/gIQAkUqZxR_story.html

Checking out candidate forests

The Old-Growth Forest Network is progressing nicely. One of the best parts of what I do is inspecting  forests that are candidates for including in the network. That's how I spent my Friday. When I'm not in the forest there is plenty of paperwork to do. At present I am working on agreements for 6 forests in Maryland, 2 in New York, 2 in Massachusetts, and 1 in Virginia. Next week I head to California to start selecting forests there.

 My next talk is March 8th at St. Mary's College where I'll be reading from Teaching the Trees and Among the Ancients.

I was on the local TV news

Click here to see a brief WBOC news clip  on logging. I speak out for habitat protection. This aired in the late fall but I just got a chance to see it, thanks to a botanist friend who forwarded the link.