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River Otters in Graham Creek
We know there are river otters in Graham Creek and throughout the Gulf Coast. But who are these creatures, and why have you not seen one?...
Brown pelicans - The comeback kids
If you hang around, kayak or hike Graham Creek for any length of time, you are bound to see a Brown pelican. If you do, you are looking...
Red bay, aka swamp red bay
If you see a tree with lumpy galls on its leaves, it's probably a red bay. Leaves of this tree are aromatic when crushed, with the...
What's soil got to do with it?
The soil in Southern Alabama is really really poor. We are in a coastal plain. The plain formed many millions of years ago from eroding...
Salt marsh grasses and water's edge plants in Graham Creek Nature Preserve
Many plants grow at the edge of the water, and they are very beneficial to the ecosystem. A while back, I wrote a blog about ribbed...
Salt marsh grasses and water's edge plants in Graham Creek Nature Preserve
Many plants grow at the edge of the water, and they are very beneficial to the ecosystem. A while back, I wrote a blog about ribbed...
Invasion of the Popcorn Trees
We can find Popcorn Trees both in Graham Creek Nature Preserve and in the surrounding neighborhoods, field edges and pasture lands. This...
Copy of Graham Creek is just part of a bigger coastal environment
All of L.A. (Lower Alabama) is a precious place where water is key. Wolf Bay, located south east of the Foley city center, is fed by Wolf...
Ribbed Mussels: The hero of our estuarial ecosystem
(Geukensia demissa) Along the shores of our estuarial environment, at least where bulkheads haven’t been built, there live some truly...
Forest Bathing
Graham Creek Nature Preserve can offer you a satisfying walk in the woods. The Japanese have a word for “forest bathing.” It’s...
Graham Creek is just part of a bigger coastal environment
All of L.A. (Lower Alabama) is a precious place where water is key. Wolf Bay, located south east of the Foley city center, is fed by Wolf...
River Otters in Graham Creek
We know there are river otters in Graham Creek and throughout the Gulf Coast. But who are these creatures, and why have you not seen one?...
Speaking for Earth
Who Will Speak for Earth? To speak for earth is to work to awaken the conscience of humankind to the whole of life, for earth’s essential...
Who will Speak for Earth?
“Silence is the most beautiful of all sounds.” ~ Rabbi Menachem Mendel of Kotzk It is November in coastal Alabama, and things are quiet....
Brown pelicans - The comeback kids
If you hang around, kayak or hike Graham Creek for any length of time, you are bound to see a Brown pelican. If you do, you are looking...
Kayaking Graham Creek and Beyond
You deserve a good paddle! Graham Creek offers a great canoe and kayak launch, and you couldn't ask for a better kayak trail. The launch...
Black-bellied whistling ducks
Get to know the Black-bellied whistling duck
Duck Potato Anyone?
Sagittarius lancifolia If you saw this spectacularly delicate flower at a flower shop, you might pause and wonder what sort of orchid it...
Moles and their subterranean lifestyle
It's hard to imagine having a lifestyle that involves constantly digging in dark tunnels and eating worms, unless you are a mole. Then...
We're crazy for those gopher tortoises
In the case of the gopher tortoise, the fact that it digs a heck of a burrow — Its burrow can be 45 feet long — is a big part of what makes
