There’s a particular thrill at the sight of a fox here in Texas. Darting across a country road, long, lush, hirsute tail trailing just behind. Even if their range is…
kolenickJune 10, 2019
In February, Austin residents were treated to the smell of foul, fishy water emanating from their taps. For close to a week, Austin Water customers, many in the most urban…
kolenickMarch 11, 2019
February. The month of love. A time for Valentine’s Day, chocolate and roses. Wine and wattles. Booming and bon-bons. And skunk carcasses. The history of Valentine’s Day can be traced…
kolenickFebruary 6, 2019
Are you reading this through blurry eyes and in between sneezes? Feeling a bit lightheaded and wheezy? In Texas, December ushers in two seasons: the holidays and cedar fever. But…
kolenickJanuary 16, 2019
In 1989, President George H.W. Bush signed into law the Global Change Research Act (GCRA), formally mandating the U.S. Global Change Research Program (USGCRP). The program was first proposed during…
kolenickDecember 4, 2018
“Seeing some yellow and a little red” That was the foliage report posted on the Lost Maples State Natural Area Facebook page on October 29, 2018. Anyone who has visited…
kolenickOctober 30, 2018
Bluebonnet. Mockingbird. Pecan. Armadillo. Longhorn. Sideoats Grama. The state grass of Texas may not be as well known as the state flower, bird, tree, mammal (small), and mammal (large), but…
kolenickOctober 12, 2018
The Farmers’ Almanac has made a bold – a cold – prediction for the coming winter. The long-range forecast, based on a mathematical and astronomical formula developed in 1818, predicts…
kolenickSeptember 13, 2018
Few sights and sounds are more majestic than those created by desert bighorn sheep. Gravity defied as sheer rock walls are traversed. The crack of magnificent horns in battle. Before…
kolenickAugust 9, 2018
