HAPPY FOURTH! I hope you have a safe and happy fourth with loved ones. Whether you spend the day with parades and fireworks or by the lake with a barbecue. Don’t forget to take the pledge.

Emily Fairfax’s recent drone video of Colorado makes it abundantly clear what is meant by REFUGIA. Look closely at both sides of the canyon.

Sorry for yesterday’s omission, there was a family emergency and it required lots of attention and lots of waiting to pay attention, so beavers paid the price. The good news is that everything is fine and I was able to focus like a distracted zombie on this for my pollinator grant.

You can’t imagine all the crazy things you’ll find on the internet until you do a google image search:Zoom in to read the caption. I dare you.