But the 20 visitors gathered on the lower slopes of Sonoma Mountain on an overcast morning in early March understood they were special: vernal pools—vital features of the California landscape that ...

A 174-acre span of land along Sonoma Mountain that features lush green meadows, seasonal pools of water and a variety of endangered flower species has been conserved so future generations may discover ...

MARLBORO — Kevin Tolan from the Vermont Center For Ecostudies will be leading a group on a morning of exploring the vibrant world of vernal pools at 10 a.m. on May 13 at the trailhead kiosk behind the ...

The unknown didn’t stop Kristen Busch. Shin-deep in a murky pool, the Mountain Iron-Buhl school district environmental science teacher had no problem reaching into a pail of pond detritus and digging ...

State parks, nature centers and conservation organizations across Pennsylvania over the next few weeks will be leading visits to vernal pools – temporary springtime pools of water where salamanders, ...

Eagle Scout candidate Dylan Kearse and a local environmental group, The Chaparral Lands Conservancy, have completed a new viewing deck over a vernal pool wetland on the Carmel Mountain Preserve in ...

ORONO — The forest beside Orono High School is hardly the kind of North Woods wilderness one would search for thriving wildlife populations. There are houses leading up to a trail and traffic is ...

After the winter we’ve had this year, everyone is looking forward to spring. Spring brings forth nature’s beauty on the wings of migrating birds, and the delicate petals of wildflowers. While many of ...

The songs of spring will soon be emerging from vernal pools.For many New Englanders, the high-chirp call of peepers signals the arrival of spring.While the loud call of the diminutive peeper can be ...

The first test of San Diego’s Multiple Species Conservation Program came little more than a year after it was passed. Cousins MarketCenters Inc. wanted to build a 453,000 square-foot shopping center ...