Even though I’m a biologist, I have to shamefully admit that my abilities to successfully grow plants have previously been rather limited. No matter what I do, I always seem to be watering either too much or not enough. In fact, in my neck of the woods I’m known for having a “brown thumb”. Since…
Month: May 2014
Supporting young scientists: Exploring fungi at rare
Spring has sprung, and research season is underway. One of the perks of working in research at rare is getting the opportunity to meet tons of grad students, all asking tough and interesting questions- and looking for answers. With the rare scholarship, we get the amazing opportunity to help some of these students on their…
Hello, pollinators! Providing a warm welcome to our hard working friends
While driving to work this morning and listening to CBC KW, I heard them discussing the planting of pollinator gardens. I was pleased to hear it – a guest had wondered whether it was a waste of time given all the concern over decline in bee populations. A waste of time? To my way of…
Digging with friends, or how I met my first Bald Eagle at rare
Four months into my new position as the Executive Director at rare, I can’t help but feel a certain amount of “field envy” every once in a while. Now that the summer season is starting, our Land Steward and Monitoring Inters are getting ready to spend most of their days outdoors conducting fieldwork. Oh, the…
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