Don't be frightened if you see smoke rising from Hemlock Bluffs on Monday, January 30, 2012. It's a "prescribed burn," a forestry process to prevent larger forest fires.…
Last year at about this time, editor Matt Young did a story about Eagle Cam, a citizen science project at Jordan Lake. The big birds are back, and you can watch online again this year as they sit in the nest and prepare to hatch their young.…
Forget about water pollution. How about earthquakes? Business-friendly Ohio is moving to stop the use of fracking wastewater disposal wells, suspected of causing eleven earthquakes in the state, including a magnitude 4.0 quake last weekend.…
There's still plenty of time to pick up an assortment of Molly's turtle soaps for your nature-loving kids (and grown-ups). All proceeds support native NC turtles and their habitat. Available at Hemlock Bluffs.…
Editorial by Hal Goodtree. Map from Southern Environmental Law Center. Cary, NC – Fracking has the potential to make North Carolina a net energy exporter. But serious concerns exist about contamination of water supplies. Until those concerns are laid to rest, Cary needs to ban fracking within our town limits.…
A newly completed portion of Blackcreek Greenway in Cary has been recognized as an official component of the East Coast Greenway (ECG) corridor.…
More than a dozen Wake County schools participated in the national Walk to School Day event last Wednesday.…
Cary has been designated a Walk-Friendly Community, one of only three in N.C.…
In April this year, Scott and his partner started the Triangle’s first eco-friendly corporate transport company, EcoStyle. Already they have contracts to handle all the transportation needs of corporate clients like SAS, Dex One and The Umstead Hotel.…
Unlike other ants, the Asian Needle Ant cannot climb on a smooth surface. One way to identify an Asian Needle Ant is to put it in a jar and see if it can scale the walls of the jar. My lawyers have advised me to tell you not to…
