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2. Maintaining Our Trails - by Melissa Green
Melissa Green worked on the U. S. Forest Service Trail Crew in the Gila and Aldo Leopold Wilderness for well over a decade before continuing her work in association with the Back Country Horsemen. In this article, she explains how that collaboration developed and flourished. She also describes a typical trail maintenance project.
8. Patagonia Picnic Table Effect
A phenomenon most birders grew up knowing, may not be true.
9. Aldo Leopold - His
Legacy, Part 6 - by Steve Morgan
In this article, Morgan continues his series on the life of Aldo Leopold. Steve is a naturalist, educator, and landscape architect focused on retaining and recreating natural habitat. He has called the wilds of the Southwest his home for 44 years. He has done extensive research on Aldo Leopold and performs as Leopold at a variety of venues. He currently resides in Kingston.
10. A Warming Desert - Mammals and Birds
A summary of recent studies which explore the effect of a warming desert on mammals and birds - with some interesting differences.
11. Coati Watch - Photographs by Tom Lander
Updating our information on Coati sightings in the Black Range with reports from Tom Lander, John West, Devon Fletcher, and Randy Gray.
In This Issue
13. Litocala Moth - Litocala
sexsignata
A small but very pretty moth.
15. Penstemon spinulosus - by Bob Barnes
Bob Barnes is the editor of this magazine. His internet presence includes abirdinglife.org, ancientpeoples.org, www.airandground.org, and www.blackrange.org.
20. George R. Vasey - Sr. & Jr.
21. New Offerings From the Black Range Website
22. Do You Hear What I Hear? - Red-backed Jumping Spider
24. Vegetation Regeneration After Fire
New studies in how vegetation regenerates following fires and the development of new tools to make such assessments - tools which can also be used to track the effect of climate change.
26. Ponderosa Pine Forests
A survey of the ecology of Ponderosa Pine Forests.
33. Black Range Surface and Groundwater
Consideration of the implications of limestone formations on the prevalence of surface water in the Black Range.
39. Chelifer canroides, Pseudoscorpion
39. Calliandra eriophylla - Fairy Duster
40. Mexico Bound
Mexican Gray Wolf pups, which are part of a reintroduction program, receive their first shots.
41. What Does Your Gut Tell You?
Humans are walking colonies of all sorts of creatures. The microbiome of our gut has transformed markedly over the last thousand years.
41. Wrens of the Black Range - Our Covers
Contact the Editor: Bob Barnes (rabarnes@blackrange.org) or the Associate Editor - Harley Shaw.
The Black Range Naturalist is a “Not For Revenue” Publication. Previous editions are available for download at this link (www.blackrange.org/the-black-range- naturalist/). Unattributed material is contributed by the editor.
Special thanks to Rebecca Hallgarth without her assistance this work would not be possible.
Unattributed material, and material attributed to Bob Barnes, in this work, is provided to you under the provisions of a Creative Commons License. The copyright to all other material is retained by the contributors. Commercial use is prohibited.
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