Last week, I again had the sad experience of coming upon a dead rattlesnake in the road. I was bicycling Lakeshore Road, next to Split Rock Wild Forest, when I came upon another tragic death on the highway. This is the third dead rattlesnake I’ve seen on this road in the last … [Read more...] about Avoiding Roadkill
Snapping Turtles: Venerable Denizens of Murky Waters
[An introduction to the Common Snapping Turtle (Chelydra serpentine) by John Davis. Special thanks to Lake Placid based nature conservation photographer Larry Master (www.masterimages.org) for permission to feature his Snapping Turtle photographs in this post.] We … [Read more...] about Snapping Turtles: Venerable Denizens of Murky Waters
More Work to Do at Split Rock Wildway
[This is the last in a four-part series describing the Split Rock Wildway and the importance of an extensive wildlife corridor in the Northeast. The first three installments are Split Rock Wildway: A Critical Wildlife Corridor; Where is the Split Rock Wildway?; and Split Rock … [Read more...] about More Work to Do at Split Rock Wildway
Split Rock Wildway: Protecting Biological Riches
[This is the third in a four-part series describing the Split Rock Wildway and the importance of an extensive wildlife corridor in the Northeast. The first two parts are Split Rock Wildway: A Critical Wildlife Corridor and Where is the Split Rock Wildway? The final installment … [Read more...] about Split Rock Wildway: Protecting Biological Riches
Where is the Split Rock Wildway?
[This is the second in a four-part series describing the Split Rock Wildway and the importance of an extensive wildlife corridor in the Northeast. The first installment is Split Rock Wildway: A Critical Wildlife Corridor; the third is Split Rock Wildway: Protecting Biological … [Read more...] about Where is the Split Rock Wildway?