Scientists have figured out how extinct giant ground sloths got so big and where it all went wrong They were all over the new world once but their fall has been hard. For such a major presence on the land, they were very vulnerable.
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Tern Rafts
Did you know that Maryland has a Tern Raft in the coastal bays of Worcester County? This man-made conservation platform serves as habitat for colonial nesting waterbirds that are listed as endangered in Maryland, such as common terns, royal terns, and black skimmers. Since the Tern Raft was constructed in 2021, common terns have flocked to …
Shepherd, MT Hail
Not snow…HAIL! This is Tuesday morning…12 hours after the storm in Shepherd, MT dropped enough hail to measure 6 to 8 inches in depth in some places with up to 1.5″ hail measured. The 70+ mph wind-driven hail made a shambles of nearly everything in it’s path. The trees (that are still standing) are stripped of …
Gierach Tribute
Before Trout Bum A Memoir: Early Years With John Gierach By Dale A Darling The Gierach tributes have already started.
Another Deer Disaster.
A little more than five years ago, a herd of 122 mule deer fell to their deaths in the mountains of Central California. The pictures from that day are gruesome: dozens of dead deer strewn across a steep boulder field at the bottom of an icy chute. Some of the carcasses are contorted or splayed …
More Mahseer
The first cast is a thing of beauty rewarded with a spectacular top water response. The week of June 12, I had a 3lb brown on. It jumped 3 times like a salmon. Once so close it splashed me. Very cool. I never saw that before. Then it broke off and my buddy was not impressed. …
I didn’t think this was possible.
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Nipigon, Labrador’s rival
27.5 inch 9.4 # brook trout from the big Nipigon. Possability of a World record swimming there yet IMO. Somehow the second pic makes it look bigger.
Steve in Gray’s
I flipped through this last night and saw Steve had an article on past authors in the mag that went on to produce good books. Names like John Barsness, Tom McIntrye, etc. Chris Camuto also talked about good books he saw as the reviewer after Steve. I guess is says something about Steve’s mark on …
Sucker!
Picea magnetica, that aligns its needles with Earth’s magnetic field. I almost fell for it until I checked. The web is a cesspit of garage mixed with astonishing truths. The times we live in. Nothing will be as it was info wise.