The year 2019 was another masting year for oak trees in the New England region. This picture of acorns was taken in the spring of 2020. The combination of a large acorn crop and smaller squirrel population made for an [...]

TCI Magazine launched in June 1990, and the first TCI EXPO was in held October of that year. This column is a reprint of the “Outlook” column from the December 1990 issue of TCI, when Robert Felix was the publisher [...]

The author removes cast netting from the eagles’ nest in September 2020. Photos by Frank Steiger Photography. I received a call in mid-September 2020 from Audubon Florida’s EagleWatch program. While studying an eagle’s nest on Marco Island, just off of [...]

The sight that greeted the author at the first property he mentions in the article. Photo courtesy of the author. About a week-and-a-half after the August 10, 2020, derecho that moved through and devastated a large swath of the upper [...]

By Meg Smolinski Meg Smolinski with her baby girl, “Beans,” during an Arb Walk on the University of Maryland campus. Photo courtesy of Meg Smolinski. As the outreach coordinator for the University of Maryland’s Arboretum & Botanical Gardens, I have [...]