Category Archives: nature

A healthy environment is a human right

Posted on October 16, 2013 by Priscilla Stuckey, PhD

Today is Blog Action Day, and this year’s focus is human rights. Because we are so used to perceiving humans and nature as separate, it may not at first occur to us, when thinking about human rights, to look immediately … Continue reading →

Posted in nature, politics | Tagged Blog Action Day, environment, environmental health, human rights, liberty, life, pursuit of happiness, rights of nature | 4 Comments

NOAA and the flood

Posted on September 27, 2013 by Priscilla Stuckey, PhD

Water will win. As we dig out in Boulder from this great flood, we have a new appreciation for the overwhelming power of water. Roads destroyed, lives lost, houses and buildings shoved roughly downhill. Even on my street, on high … Continue reading →

Posted in nature | Tagged Boulder Flood, CIRES, climate change, creek culverts, creeks, daylighting, flooding, global warming, NOAA, urban creeks | 4 Comments

Kissed by a Fox wins a WILLA Award!

Posted on August 22, 2013 by Priscilla Stuckey, PhD

I’m thrilled to announce that Kissed by a Fox just won the 2013 WILLA Award in creative nonfiction. This nationally recognized award is given annually to “honor the best in literature, featuring women’s or girl’s stories set in the West.” … Continue reading →

Posted in book, nature, writing | Tagged book award, book writing, creative nonfiction, creative writing, WILLA Award, Willa Cather, writing | 8 Comments

Wordless Wednesday: Crazy beautiful

Posted on July 24, 2013 by Priscilla Stuckey, PhD

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Does beetle kill contribute to forest fires?

Posted on July 16, 2013 by Priscilla Stuckey, PhD

Pine-bark beetles are decimating forests throughout the West. At the same time, we’ve had intense forest fires recently in Colorado and Arizona. What is the connection between bark beetles and forest fires? Most people assume there is one. It seems … Continue reading →

Posted in nature | Tagged bark beetles, climate change, forest fire, forest fires, forests, global warming, wildfire | 8 Comments

A year after forest fire

Posted on June 26, 2013 by Priscilla Stuckey, PhD

A year ago today, the Flagstaff Fire roared across the mountaintops at the western edge of Boulder. Down below, we anxiously followed the plume of smoke, tracing the widening circle of flames across the peaks. Was this the big one, … Continue reading →

Posted in nature | Tagged blue mist penstemon, Flagstaff Fire, forest fire, golden smoke, native plants, penstemon, wildfire, wildflowers | 16 Comments

In honor of the bees

Posted on June 19, 2013 by Priscilla Stuckey, PhD

This is Pollinator Week, and though we owe a huge debt to other pollinators like butterflies, moths, bats, and wasps, today is devoted to bees. I took a time-out with bees one morning recently, hauling my laptop to Realization Point … Continue reading →

Posted in nature | Tagged bees, blue mist penstemon, native plants, penstemon, pesticides, Pollinator Week, pollinators, wildflowers | 5 Comments