Nature Columns


My name is Terry Thomas. I write the nature column for the Idaho Falls Post Register (70,000 readers) and also Island Park News. I'm a lifelong naturalist, a wildlife biologist for 30 years and have been writing this nature column for 23 years. 

 You can read the column here. Just scroll down and click on whatever interests you. There are over 300 columns here so you should be able to find something of interest.

This is also an excellent place for families that home-school. You can find many columns here to help you with nature studies, reports and such.

Longtime readers have been excited about the publication of, The Best of Naturewith over 100 of the best essays (232 pages) from past years. If you are new to the column, you especially don't want to miss this book as I started this website after I published the book. 

I also illustrate the column with my own photographs and offer free photography classes on this site as well.


We'll post the latest columns here and may occasionally post a popular column from the past. 


Dec-30-23_Families

Dec-23-23_The_Atmosphere-Part2

Dec-16-23_The_Atmosphere

Dec-9-23_Northern_Pygmy_Owl

Dec-2-23_Light

Nov-25-23_Creeping_Oregon_Grape

Nov-18-23_Plant_Adaptations_to_Fire

Nov-11-23_Roosting_Boxes

Nov-4-23_Celebrating_Idaho

Oct-30-23_How_to_Best_Ovserve_the_Moon

Oct-22-23_Moon_Facts_and Terminology

Oct-15-23_Black_Bears

Oct-8-23_Deformed_Antlers

Oct-1-23_Bald_and_Golden_Eagles

Sept-23-23_Sand

Sept-16-23_Autumn_Migration

Sept-9-23_Fibromas

Aug-27-23_Storms

Aug-20-23_Lava_Caves

Aug-13-23_Caves

Aug-Aug-6-23_Heat_Waves

Sept-2-23_Black-necked_Stilt

July-30-23_Home_Invasion_part2

July-23-23_Home_Invasion

July-16-23_US_Forest_Service

July-9-23_Barred_vs_Spotted_Owl

July-2-23_Barred_Owl

June-25-23_Nails_and_Claws

June-18-23_Sage_Thrasher

June-11-23_Nitrogen

June-4-23_Songbird_Monitoring_at_Camas_Part2

May-28-23-Camping_Etiquette

May-21-23_Songbird_Monitoring_at_Camas_NWR

May-14-23_Commenting_on_Environmental_Documents

May-7-23_Interpreting_Environmental_Documents

Apr-30-23_American_Kestrel_Decline

Apr-23-23_Virginia_Rail

Apr-16-23_Has_Earth_Day_Mad_a_Difference

Apr-9-23_Fingers_and_Toes_Part2

Apr-2-23_Fingers_and_Toes_Part1

Mar-26-23_Opposable_Thumbs

Mar-19-23_Barrows_Goldeneye

Mar-12-23_Directing_Change

Mar-5-23_Perspective

Feb-26-23_How_Earthquakes_are_Measured

Feb-19-23_Nature_Documentaries

Feb-12-23_Horned_Larks

Feb-5-23_Intelligence_and_Thinking

Jan-29-23_Brains

Jan-22-23_Snails

Jan-15-23_Mammal_Milk_and_Nursing

Jan-8-23_Mothers_Milk

Jan-1-23_Planning_Ahead

Dec-25-22_Pheasant_Family

Dec-18-22_Lessons_from_Movement_of_Earth

Dec-11-22_Mange

Dec-4-22_Is_Wild_Meat_Healthier_Part2

Nov-27-22_Is_Wild_Meat_Healthier

Nov-20-22_Hairy_Woodpecker

Nov-13-22_Morels_and_puffballs

Nov-6-22_Shaggy_Mane_and_Chciken_of_the_Woods

Oct-30-22_Mushrooms_Foolproof_Four

Oct-23-22_Lamar-Valley_Reopens

Oct -16-22_Cyanobacteria

Oct-9-22_things_are_Changing

Oct-2-22_Predicting_Fall_Colors

Sept-25-22_Mating_Games

Sept-18-22_Protecting_Historic_Structures_from_Wildfire

Sept-11-22_Magruder_Corridor

Sept-4-22_Erosion

Aug-28-22_High_Tech_Gear

Aug-21-22_National_Parks_vs_Monuments

Aug-14-22_Ants

Aug-7-22_Global_Weather

July-31-22_Simple_Things

July-24-22_Ruby-crowned_Kinglet

July-17-22_Pittman-Roberstson_Act_Under_Fire

July-10-22_Chlorophyll

July-3-22_Why_Rain_makes_plants_green

June-26-22_Sharing_Nature

June-19-22_Lewis_Woodpecker

June-12-22_National_Pollinator_Month

June-5-22_Leaves

May-29-22_Plains_Prickly_Pear

May-22-22_Drought

May-15-22_Red_necked_Grebe

May-8-22_Bulbs_corms_rhizomes_and_tubers

April-24-22_Dark-eyed_Junco

April-17-22_Dark_Sky_Week

April-10-22_Glacier_Lilies

April-3-22_Stephen_Mather

Mar-27-22_Wolverines

Mar-20-22_Bobcats

Mar-13-22_Reclaiming_Wastewater_Naturally

Mar-6-22_Wolves_of_the_World

Feb-27-22_Endemic_Species

Feb-20-22_Great_Salt_Lake_Dying

Feb-13-22_Microclimates_Part_2

Feb-6-22_Microclimates

Jan-29-22_Joints

Jan-22-22_Black_Rosy-Finches

Jan-16-22_How_the_Moon_Formed

Jan-9-22_Wind_Chill

Jan-2-22_Wildlife_Management_in_Idaho

Dec-26-21_Winter_Wildlife_Hotspots

Dec-19-21_La_Nina

Dec-12-21_Golden_Ratio

Dec-5-21_Speciation

Nov-28-21_New_Species

Nov-21-21_Wounds_and_scars

Nov-14-21_Living_fossils

Nov-7-21_Ponderosa_Pine

Oct-31-21_Fire

Oct-24-21_Poison_Ivy

Oct-17-21_Rock_or_Mineral

Oct-10-21_How_Rocks_Form

Oct3-21_Townsends_Solitaire

Sept-26-21_Blood

Sept-19-21_Have_a_Heart

Sept-12-21_Sense_of_Taste

Sept-5-21_Wandering_in_Grizzly_Country

Aug-29-21_Hard_Things

Aug-22-21_Idaho_Mountain_ranges

Aug-15-21_Juvenile_Animals

Aug-8-21_Cones

Aug-1-21_What_is_That

July-25-21_Antler_Development

July-18-21_Butterflies_and_Moths

July-11-21_Native_Bees

July-4-21_Aphelion_and_Perihelion

June-27-21_Summer_Solstice

June-20-21_Red_Rock_Lakes_NWR

June-13-21_Brook_Trout

June-6-21_Grebes

May-30-21_Politics_and_Wildlife

May-23-21_Frogs_and_Toads

May-16-21_Sheep_of_the_World

May-9-21_Doves

May-2-21_Western_and_Clarks_Grebes

April-25-21_Bear_River_Bird_Refuge

April-18-2021_Details

April-11-2021_Moose_in_Trouble

April-4-2021_Circle_of_Life

March-28-21_Kidneys

March-21-21_Around_the_World

March-14-21_Feeding_Birds

March-7-21_Feeding_Wildlife_Part2

Feb-28-21_Feeding_Wildlife_Part_1

Feb-21-21_Avalanche

Feb-14-21_Chasing_the_Dime

Feb-7-21_NIMBY_Principle

Jan-31-21_Environmental_Regulation

Jan-24-21_Mountain_Chickadee

Jan-17-21_Why_Duck_Feet_Don't_Freeze

Jan-10-21_How_Wood_is_Sawn

Jan-3-21_Wood_Grain

Dec-27-20_Getting_Out

Dec-20-20_Information

Dec-13-20_Nature_Web

Dec-6-20_Hair

Nov-29-20_Elk_Biology_102

Nov-22-20_Elk_Biology_101

Nov-15-20_Sense_of_Hearing

Nov-8-20_Muskrats

Nov-1-20_Bear_Spray

Oct-25-20_Great_Gray_Owl

Oct-18-20_Glacial_Evidence

Oct-11-20_Changing_Face_of_Camping

Oct-4-20_Lewis_and_Clark_as_Scientists

Sept-27-20_Saving_Aspen

Sept-20-20_Aspen_in_Trouble

Sept-13-20_Lawn_Mowing

Sept-6-20_Transition

Aug-30-20_Water Contamination

Aug-23-20_Fire_Lookout_Towers

Aug-16-20_Trout

Aug-9-20_Smoke

Aug-2-20_Indian_Paintbrush

July-26-20_Comet_Neowise

July-19-20_Collecting_Native_Wildflower_seed

July-12-20_Trout

July-5-20_Baby_Animal_Names

June-25-20_Idaho_for_the_Curious

June-18-20_Lodgepole_Pines

June-11-20_American_Dipper

June-4-20_Grizzly_399

May-28-20_Trout_Fins

May-21-20_Family_Fishing

May-14-20_The_Challenge

May-7-20_Spring_Migration

April-30-2020_Small_Mammals

April-23-2020_Nictitating_Membrane

April-16-2020_Summer_Outdoor_Recreation

April-9-2020_Unintended Consequences_of_Covid-19

April-2-2020_Stay_at_Home_Order

Mar-26-20_Passion_Below_Zero

Mar-19-20_When_Sexes_look_Alike

Mar-12-20_Sexual_Dimorphism

Mar-5-20_Jupiter

Feb-27-20_costa_Rica

Feb-20-20_Stellers_Jay

Feb-13-20_Mountain_Goats_in_Grand_Teton_NP

Feb-6-20_Come_to_Roost

Jan-30-20_Wildlife_Depredations

Jan-23-20_Weasels

Jan-16-20_Random_Nature_Trivia

Jan-9-20_Lamar_Valley_Winter

Jan-2-20_Canada_Jay

Dec-26-19_Birds_out_of_Place

Dec-19-19_Christmas_Tree_Hunting

Dec-12-19_Christmas_Gifts

Dec-5-19_Trail_Cameras

Nov-28-19_Major_Bird_Decline

Nov-21-19_American_Badger

Nov-14-19_Migration_Routes_Part_2

Nov-7-19_Elk_and_Deer_Migration_Routes

Oct-31-19_Multiplicity

Oct-24-19_Short-eared_Owl

Oct-17-19_River_Otters

Oct-10-19_Fire_Musings

Oct-3-19_October

Sept-26-19_Nests_are_not_Homes

Sept-19-19_Secret_Yellowstone

Sept-12-19_Cooperation

Sept-5-19_Nature_Finds_a_Way

Aug-29-19_Wildlife_Diseases

Aug-22-19_Predator_Attacks

Aug-15-19_Thunderstorms

Aug-8-19_Quail

Aug-1-19_Continental_Divide_Trail

July-25-19_Generations

July-18-19_Gold_Mining

July-11-19_Partial_Migration

July-4-19_Blackfoot_River_WMA

June-27-19_Precocial_vs_Altricial

June-20-19_Camas_Flowers

June-13-19_Yellow-bellied_Marmots

June-6-19_Boise_Area

May-30-19_Rain

May-23-19_Wildflower_Tours

May-16-19_Ten-Month_Sojourn

May-9-19_Western_Kingbird

May-2-19_Feet

April-25-19_Erosion

April-18-19_Geology_Basic_to_Life

April-11-19_Gulls

April-4-19_Pied-billed_Grebe

Mar28-19_NaturalResourceConservationService_Website

Mar21-19_Stargazing Helps

Mar-14-19_Animal_Engineers

Mar-7-19_Keeping_Wildlife_Watching_Exciting

Feb-28-19_Astronomy_Observatories

Feb-21-19_Fine_Winter_Reading

Feb-14-19_Night_Vision

Feb-7-19_Border_Walls

Jan-31-19_Extremophiles

Jan-24-19_Ecological_Partitioning

Jan-17-19_Brumation

Jan-10-19_Biodiversity

Jan-3-19_Warm_Winter_Feet

Dec-27-18_Adventure_Planning

Dec-20-18_Winter_Strategies

Dec-13-18_Christmas_Peace_of_Mind

Dec-6-18_Northern_Harrier

Nov-22-18_Pumpkins

Nov-15-18_Idaho_Falls_Birding_Guide

Nov-8-18_Clematis Vine

Nov-1-18_Melanism

Oct-25-18_We_Have_It_Good

Oct-18-18_Macro_World

Oct-11-18_Resilience

Oct-4-18_Nature_Therapy_Part_2

Sept-30-18_Nature_Therapy

Sept-20-18_British_Columbia

Sept-13-18_Fall_Migration

Sept-6-18_Travel_Acquaintances

Aug-30-18_RV_Dry_Camping

Aug-23-18_Creation

Aug-16-18_Salmon

Aug-9-18_Fireweed

Aug-2-18_Canadian_Rockies

July-26-18_Flies

July-19-18_Little_City_of_Rocks

July-12-18_Baby_Season

July-5-18_Common_Nighthawk

June-28-18_Eared_Grebes

June-21-18_Henry's_Fork

June-14-18_20_Year_Anniversary

June-7-18_East_Meets_West

May-31-18_Wilsons_Phalarope

May-24-18_Camas_Prairie_WMA

May-17-18_Grandkids_in_Nature

May-10-18_Yellowstone_in_Springtime

May-3-18_Shorebirds

April-26-18_Littering

April-19-18_White-tailed_Antelope_Squirrel

April-12-18_Lizards

April-5-18_Deserts

Mar-29-18_Blue_Moon

Mar-22-18_Feral_Animals

Mar-15-18_White-fronted_Goose

Mar-8-18_Snow_Geese

Mar-1-18_Weather

Feb-22-18_Bald_Eagles

Feb-15-18_Wildlife_Management

Feb-8-18_One Mans_Pleasure_(and_Pain)

Feb-1-18_Gray_Partridge

Jan-25-18_Dams

Jan-18-2018_Birding_along_Great_Salt_Lake

Jan-11-2018_Geology

Jan-4-2018_Basin_and_Range

Dec-28-17_Winter_Calendar

Dec-21-17_Monarch_Migrations

Dec-14-17_Four_Calling_Birds

December-7-17_Salt_of_the_Earth

November-30-17_Transition_Time

November-23-17_Larches

November-16-17_Downy_Woodpeckers

November-9-17_Strange_Things

November-2-17_WMA_State_Tour_Part3

October-26-17_WMA_State_Tour_Part2

October-19-17_WMA_State_Tour_Part1

October-12-17_Late_Leaf_Change

Oct-2-17_Fat

Sept-28-17_Prairie_Pothole_Duck_Factory

Sept-21-17_Five_Great_Native_Shrubs

Sept-14-17_Master_Naturalists_to_the_Rescue

Sept-7-17_Afterlife_of_Trees

Aug-31-17_Harriman_State_Park

Aug-24-17_Clean_Water_Part_2

Aug-17-17_Clean_Water

Aug-10-17_Yellowstone_Lake

Aug-3-17_Buffalobur

July-27-17_Common_Mullein

July-20-17_Pompey's_Pillar

July-13-17_William_Clark's_Journey

July-6-17_Economics_of_National_Monuments

June-29-17_Antiquities_Act

June-22-17_Theodore_Roosevelt_NP

June-15-17_Sand_Creek_Ponds

June-8-17_Peregrine_Falcons

June-1-17_Nature_is_Amazing

May-25-17_Neotropical_Migratory_Songbirds

May-18-17_Where_to_See_Waterfalls

May-11-17_Waterfalls

May-4-17_Canada_Geese

April-27-17_Soil_Crusts

April-20-17_Idaho_Wildflowers

April-13-17_Cattails

April-6-17_Spring_Migration

Mar-30-17_Who_Manages_What

Mar-23-17_Ruddy_Duck

Mar-16-17_Signs_of_Spring

Mar-9-17_Total_Solar_Eclipse_Part_2

Mar-2-17_Total_Solar_Eclipse

Feb-23-17_Raccoons

Feb-16-17_Cabinets of Curiosity

Feb-9-17_Ravens-and_Crows

Feb-2-17_Invertebrates

Jan-26-17_Basalt

Jan-19-17_Should_We_Feed_Elk_Part_2

Jan-12-17_Should_We_Feed_Elk

Jan-5-17_We_Live_in_a_Great_Place

Dec-29-16_Surviving_Winter

Dec-22-16_Camels

Dec-15-16_Evergreen

Dec-8-16_Ode_to_Island_Park

Dec-1-16_House_Finches

Nov-24-16_Birdhouse_Principles

Nov-17-16_Coots

Nov-10-16_Can_Deer_Eat_Hay

Nov-3-16_Fossil_Butte

Oct-27-16_Longevity

Oct-20-16_Life_Span

Oct-13-16_Badlands_National_Park

Oct-6-16_Niche

Sept-29-16_Rules

Sept-22-16_Tex_Creek_Rebirth?

Sept-15-16_Tex_Creek_Fire

Sept-8-16_Seeing_Red_and_Yellow

Sept-1-16_Natives_are_Better

Aug-25-16_Migratory_Bird_Treaty_Act

Aug-18-16_Dragonflies

Aug-11-16_Ground_Squirrels

Aug-4-16_Perseid_Meteor_Shower

July-28-16_Dark_Sky_Parks

July-21-16_Evening_Grosbeaks

July-14-16_Diversity_of_Aquariums

July-7-16_Back_to_Basics

June-30-16_Hybrid_Fish

June-23-16_The_Rest_of_Idaho

June-16-16_Secretive_Marsh_Birds

June-9-16_Eternal_Vigilance

June-2-16_The_Little_Guys

May-26-16_Black-crowned_Night_Heron

May-19-16_Politics_and_Wildlife

May-12-16_Radiation

May-5-16_Mothers_Day

April-28-16_Memories

April-21-16_Invaders_on_our_shores

April-14-16_Idaho_Birding_Trail

April-7-16_Mallards

March-31-16_Hierarchy

March-3-16_Tundra_Swans

March-10-16_Rockhound

March-17-16_Sand_Dunes

Feb-25-16_Leap_Year

Feb-18-16_Animal_Concentrations

Feb-11-16_Starling_Wars

Feb-4-16_Being_Evergreen

Jan-28-16_Plant_Hardening_for_Winter

Jan-21-16_Suet_Results

Jan-14-16_Easy_Suet_Recipe

Jan-6-16_Road_Trip

Dec-31-15_National_Park_Service

Dec-24-15_Taxation_for_Nature

Dec-17-15_Bighorn_Experience

Dec-10-15_Nature_as_a_partner

Dec-3-15_Sun_Dogs

Nov-26-15_Gratitude

Nov-19-15_Migration_Research

Nov-12-15_Pine_Marten

Nov-5-15_Home_Invasion

Oct-29-15_Yellowstone_Hydrothermal_Features

Oct-22-15_Mammal_Feet

Oct-15-15_Swan_Safe_Project

Oct-8-15_Gros_Ventre_Adventure

Oct-1-15_What_Good_Are_They

Sept-24-15_Skin

Sept-17-15_Fall_River

Sept-10-15_Friends_of_Camas

Sept-3-15_Slipping_Baseline

Aug-27-15_Pond_Lily

Aug-20-15_Great_Egret

Aug-13-15_New_Wilderness

Aug-6-2015_Alpine_Plants

July-30-15_New_Eyes

July-23-15_Sego_Lilies

July-16-15_Esto_Perpetua

July-9-15_Milkweed

July-2-15_Sagebrush

June-25-15_Plants_of_Craters

June-18-15_Craters_of_the_Moon

June-11-15_Scenic_Byways

June-4-15_Selecting_Binoculars

May-28-15_Binoculars_are_a_Valuable_Tool

May-21-15_Mr_Mom

May-14-2015_City_of_Rocks

May-7-2015_Celebrating_Birds

April-30-15_Yellowstone_Adventure

April-23-15_Waterbirds

April-16-15_South_Fork_Cottonwoods

April-9-15_Meadow_VoleParadigm_Shift

April-2-15_Wildlife_Diseases

Mar-26-15_Flight_of_Bats_and_Birds

Mar-19-15_Beach_Combing

Mar-12-15_Nest_Box_Season

Mar-5-15_The_Tooth_of_the_Matter

Feb-26-15_National_Natural_Landmarks

Feb-19-15_Weather_Wise

Feb-12-15_Winter_Bald_Eagle_Viewing

Feb-5-15_Bird_Feet

Jan-29-15_Traveling_to_see_Wildlife

Jan-22-15_Funding_Wildlife_Diversity

Jan-15-15_Black-capped Chickadees

Jan-8-15_Rabbits_and_Hares

Jan-1-15_Stand_By_Me

Dec-18-14_Star_of_Bethlehem

Dec-11-14_Lessons_from_Chocolate

Dec-4-14_Protecting_Winter_Range

Nov-27-14_Cranberries

Nov_20-14_Bark

Nov-13-14_Cutthroat Trout: Icon of the West

Nov-6-14_Continental_Divide

Oct-30-14_Bear_Lake_Monster

Oct-23-14_Three_Challenges_Hunters_Face

Oct-16-14_Hunting_Ethics

Oct-9-14_Lunar_Eclipses

Oct-2-14_Ode_to_Septmeber

Sept-25-14_Boreal_Chorus_Frog

Sept-18-14_Mount_Moran_Geology

Sept-11-14_Fall_Mushrooms

Sept-4-14_Common_Loons

August-28-14_Last_Passenger_Pigeon

August-21-14_Huckleberry_Picking_Time_Travel

August-14-14_Grasses_are_Staff_of_Life

August-7-14_Mint Family

July-31-14_Empty_Nests

July-24-14_Warblers

July-17-14_Galls

July-10-14_Snags

July-3-14_Bumble_Bees

June-26-14 Long-eared Owls

June-19-14_Wildlife in China is Hard to Find

June-12-14_New_Paradigm

June-3-14_La Niña

May-29-14_El Niño

May-22-14_Pill_Bugs

May-15-14_Why_Birds_Matter

May-8-14_Wind

May-1-14_Plumes

April-24-14_Lesson_in_Conservation

April-17-14_Thrill_Killing

April-10-14_National_Zoo

April-3-14_Littering

Mar-27-14_My_Best_Day_at_Work

Mar-20-14_Birding_Technology

Mar-13-14_Simplify

Mar-6-14_WMAs_are_Idaho_Gems

Feb-27-14_Owl_Pellets

Feb-20-14_Hagerman_bird_festival

Feb-13-14_Elwha_River_Dams_are_Gone

Feb-6-14_National_Elk_Refuge

Jan-30-14_Great_Rift

Jan-23-14_Junipers

Jan-16-14_Blizzards

Jan-9-14_Life_is_Rough_at_the_Bottom

Jan-2-14_Yesterday_Today_Tomorrow

Dec-26-13_Chaos_and_the_Butterfly_Effect

Dec-19-13 _Last_Minute_Christmas_Idea

Dec-12-2013_Anchor_Ice

Dec-5-2013_Lake_Ice

Nov-28-13_Giving_Thanks

Nov-21-2013_Unsung_Heroes

Nov-14-2013_House_Sparrow

Nov-7-13_TransitionRange

Oct-31-13_Road Trip

Oct-24-13_Life_Beneath_Rocks

October-17-2013_Third_face_of_fire

October_10-2013_Plans

October-3-13_Wildfire_Effects

Sept-26-2013_Hyperphagia

Sept-19-2013_Kingfishers

September-5-2013_Mining_for_star_garnets

August-29-2013_In_Search_of_Western_White_Pines

August-22-2013_Plant_Communities

August-15--2013_Grays_Lake

August-8-2013_Duck_Race

August-1-2013_the_Busy_Season

July-25-13_Sequestration_Woes

July-18-13_Horseflies

July-11-13_Change

July-4-13_Turning up the Heat on Fish

June-27-13_Sleep

June-20-13_Empty_Nests

June-13-2013_Bloodsucking Leeches

June-6-2013_Dabblers_and_Divers

May-30-2013_Migration_at_Camas_NWR

May-23-2013 Delayed Implantation

May-16-2013 Synchronous Hatching

May-9-2013 F8 and Be There

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"WOW. What a phenomenal piece you wrote. You are amazing." Jennifer Jackson

That is embarrassing, but actually a fairly typical response to my nature essays. Since The Best of Nature is created from the very best of 16 years of these nature essays published weekly in the Idaho Falls Post Register (online readership 70,000), it is a fine read. It covers a wide variety of topics including humorous glimpses of nature, philosophy, natural history, and conservation. Readers praise the style, breadth of subject matter and my ability to communicate complex and emotional topics in a relaxed and understandable manner.

Everyone can find something to love in this book. From teenagers to octogenarians, from the coffee shop to the school room, these nature essays are widely read and enjoyed.

Some of the essays here are my personal favorites, others seemed to strike a chord with readers. Most have an important message or lesson that will resonate with you. They are written with a goal to simultaneously entertain and educate about the wonderful workings of nature. Some will make you laugh out loud and others will bring a tear to the eye and warm your heart.

Readers Write:

"You hit a home run with your article on, Big Questions in Nature. It should be required reading for everyone who has lost touch with nature...great job!" Joe Chapman

"We enjoyed your column, Bloom Where Planted. Some of the best writing yet. The Post Register is fortunate to have your weekly columns." Lou Griffin.

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Copies are also available at:

Post Register

Island Park Builders Supply (upstairs)

Barnes and Noble in Idaho Falls

Harriman State Park, Island Park

Museum of Idaho

Valley Books, Jackson Wyoming

Avocet Corner Bookstore, Bear River National Wildlife Refuge, Brigham City, Utah

Craters of the Moon National Monument Bookstore, Arco, Idaho

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