Without the marvel of modern air conditioning or the uniquely human ability to sweat, the animals of the forest must adjust their periods of activity to avoid the heat of summer.
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It’s an American summertime tradition as dear as apple pie and baseball; children venturing out into backyards and open fields after the heat of the day, waiting impatiently for the evening’s magic show to begin.
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Summer thunderstorms put box turtles and other reptiles and amphibians in the mood for explorations.
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Get ready for a Creep-Crawly adventure at the Holly Discovery Trail!
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In our last article, we looked at the unprecedented diversity and ecological functions beetles provide to the rest of us living here on Earth.
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As we near the busiest season of the year at Lake James State Park, it’s a good time to soak up the last few days of spring before diving into summer.
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The signs of spring are everywhere as Lake James State Park shrugs off the cold, dark days of winter and plants and animals emerge to greet the warming sun.
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Beetles, the most important organisms on Earth?
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A new year means a new opportunity to learn about the natural world around us. For more than a decade, North Carolina State Parks has dedicated an annual campaign to some fascinating group of critters, plants or natural process and given it “Year of …” status. Welcome to 2021, Year of the Beetle.
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If there’s one constant everyone can rely on it is Nature’s unwavering march through the seasons.
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There’s more progress to report in this final “Year of Fire” installment.
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The changing seasons are as inevitable as the sunrise and sunset, and here at Lake James, Nature is transitioning from autumn to winter.
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Late summer brought a new chapter to the Lake James State Park burning program; the first “growing season” prescribed fire ever conducted at the park.
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There’s no doubt, fall is a great time to view wildlife at Lake James State Park and the surrounding countryside.
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Given normal conditions, this installment of the “Year of Fire” series would have included an update on numbers of acres burned at Lake James State Park during the spring. These have been anything but normal conditions and the prescribed fire program here has been halted for the time being.
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Without the marvel of modern air conditioning or the uniquely human ability to sweat, the animals of the forest must adjust their periods of activity to avoid the heat of summer.
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While the Americans have become quite accustomed to the annual explosion of extreme wildfires in the West during late summer and into the fall, it is a different story here in the Southeast.
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As memories of this warm, wet Winter fade into the promise of Spring, it’s time to embrace the changing seasons, even at this accelerated pace.
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Fire: The phenomenon of combustion manifested in light, flame and heat (as defined in the ‘Merriam-Webster Dictionary’).
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Not many folks think the dead of winter can be productive for nature watching, but when you’re at a lake in western North Carolina it can be one of the very best seasons, especially if you happen to be a birdwatcher.
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