Entries by Steve Jones

Brief-Form Post #66: My Tribute to Wendell Berry, a Conservationist for the Ages!

September 17, 2026 in /by

NOTE: Some of my GBH photo essays were not routinely distributed from mid-February through mid-June. I will resend those one by one, beginning the first week of July. Here is my Post from May 13 (https://stevejonesgbh.com/2026/05/13/brief-form-post-60-oddities-curiosities-and-mysteries-in-a-wheeler-national-wildlife-refuge-bottomland-hardwood-forest/)   I am pleased to add the 66th of my GBH Brief-Form Posts (Less than five minutes to read!) […]

Brief-Form #65: Large-scale Southern Pine Bettle Kill on Alabama’s Lake Guntersville State!

September 10, 2026 in /by

NOTE: Some of my GBH photo essays were not routinely distributed from mid-February through mid-June. I will resend those one by one, beginning the first week of July. Here is my Post from May 6 (https://stevejonesgbh.com/2026/05/06/brief-form-post-59-nashville-tn-finding-nature-where-you-are/)   I am pleased to add the 65th of my GBH Brief-Form Posts (Less than five minutes to read!) […]

Teaching Beyond the Walls: An Alabama State Parks Workshop at Monte Sano State Park

September 2, 2026 in /by

NOTE: Some of my GBH photo essays were not routinely distributed from mid-February through mid-June. I will resend those one by one, beginning the first week of July. Here is my Post from April 29 (https://stevejonesgbh.com/2026/04/29/brief-form-post-58-forest-discoveries-while-measuring-tree-heights-on-monte-sano-state-park/)   I assisted the Alabama State Park staff in delivering the Teaching Beyond the Walls: Alabama’s Ecology In Action […]

Mid-June Exploration on Trails New to Me on Lake Guntersville State Park!

August 31, 2026 in /by

NOTE: Some of my GBH photo essays were not routinely distributed from mid-February through mid-June. I will resend those one by one, beginning the first week of July. Here is my Post from April 21 (https://stevejonesgbh.com/2026/04/21/brief-form-post-57-reflection-in-on-beaverdam-tupelo-swamp-wheeler-national-wildlife-refuge/)   On-site to attend the Alabama State Parks Foundation board meeting (June 18, 2026), at Lake Guntersville State Park, […]

Brief-Form Post #64: Mid-June Visit to a WNWR Bottomland Forest and a Drying Buckeye Impoundment!

August 26, 2026 in /by

NOTE: Some of my GBH photo essays were not routinely distributed from mid-February through mid-June. I will resend those one by one, beginning the first week of July. Here is my Post from April 15 (https://stevejonesgbh.com/2026/04/15/brief-form-post-56-quick-circuit-of-the-dallas-fanning-nature-preserve/)   I am pleased to add the 64th of my GBH Brief-Form Posts (Less than five minutes to read!) […]

Brief-Form Post #63: Mid-Summer Osher Lifelong Learning Institute Nature Walk at the Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge!

August 19, 2026 in /by

NOTE: Some of my GBH photo essays were not routinely distributed from mid-February through mid-June. I will resend those one by one, beginning the first week of July. Here is my Post from April 9 (https://stevejonesgbh.com/2026/04/09/mid-december-delights-and-mysteries-on-the-wnwr-hiking-and-bicycling-trail/) _________________________________________________________________________________________   I am pleased to add the 63rd of my GBH Brief-Form Posts (Less than five minutes to […]

A Chilly, Saturated Late May Morning at a Butler County, PA Horse Barn!

August 11, 2026 in /by

[Some of my GBH photo essays were not routinely distributed from mid-February through mid-June. I will resend those one by one, beginning the first week of July. Here is my Post from April 1 (https://stevejonesgbh.com/2026/04/01/squeezing-a-90-minute-woodland-saunter-into-four-hours/)] Our 18-year-old granddaughter, Hannah, graduated from high school the week of May 18, 2026, in Butler County, Pennsylvania, north of […]

First Time Visit to Graham Farm and Nature Preserve

August 5, 2026 in /by

[Some of my GBH photo essays were not routinely distributed from mid-February through mid-June. I will resend those one by one, beginning the first week of July. Here is my Post from March 24 (https://stevejonesgbh.com/2026/03/24/mid-december-above-ground-exploration-at-cathedral-caverns-state-park/)] I toured the Alabama Cooperative Extension System (ACES) Jackson County Graham Farm and Nature Center on June 24, 2026, with […]

Understory and Ground Cover at Marshall Forest Preserve National Natural Landmark in Rome, Georgia!

July 29, 2026 in /by

NOTE: Some of my GBH photo essays were not routinely distributed from mid-February through mid-June. I will resend those one by one, beginning the first week of July. Here is my Post from March 18 (https://stevejonesgbh.com/2026/03/18/brief-form-post-55-auburn-universitys-college-of-forestry-wildlife-and-environment-crooked-oaks-nature-resort/) Fellow retired forester Chris Stuhlinger, retired videographer Bill Heslip, and I visited Marshall Forest Preserve, established as Georgia’s first […]