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Outdoor

Winter is a time to plan for new beginnings

I recently moved into a new house. Big changes like that bring turbulence to the routines of life, but things slowly start to settle into place again. Now it is starting to feel less strange and more comfortable, more like my own. In this time of settling down, I look around at my new space, ...

How we deal with the weather

Is there bad weather? People deal with the weather in many kinds of ways. Some people grumble. Others grouch about. Some are absurdly cheerful, no matter how cold and rainy it is. Some are simply practical about it. I would like to put myself in that practical category. I don’t like being ...

Overcome your fear of risk with cockroach therapy

Audubon is home to a number of animal ambassadors. Most of these are well known to our visitors: birds of prey, snakes, turtles, fish, hellbenders, and an ancient one-eyed toad. These animals serve a valuable role at Audubon. They teach visitors about native species, various animal adaptations, ...

Learn the story of rocks and paleontology at ACNC 1st Friday Dec. 2

At Audubon Community Nature Center’s Dec. 2 First Friday Lunch Bunch, Emma Roth will present “Wondrous Rocks,” sharing her adventures and the often over-romanticized field of paleontology. A nature educator at Audubon, Roth has a degree from Smith College in Geological Sciences and ...

Water, water everywhere

As I drove from downtown Jamestown towards my home, I was well aware of the potential obstacle I was about to face. It had been raining all day and quite heavily for the past few hours. My chosen path was leading me towards a wetland near the Chadakoin River. When it pours for a long period of ...

Death is important, natural, and surrounds us daily

By SARAH HATFIELD Audubon Community Nature Center Education Coordinator We think of autumn as a time of harvest and brilliant color, a time when we can start to read more books and slow down and not feel so guilty doing so. Some might think of it as the ‘waiting room’ of the ...