And so, what with my recent graduation from the Missouri Master Naturalist program, I’m often asked, “what’s a naturalist?” I hope this brief essay will shed some light on the subject for you. And, don’t stop asking me! Any typos are my own. -M *Excerpted from The Naturalist, Winter 2003 One evening long [...]
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What the hell is a “naturalist”?
Posted: 12 May, 2011 in UncategorizedTags: hitechredneck, Master naturalist, Missouri ecology, Missouri naturalists, naturalists
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This morning, as I forcibly drug myself from sleep, I lay in bed looking out the window. Due to how our home is configured, all I can see are the upper limbs of a black oak. This morning spring arrived, blown in on a gale threatening to rip lesser trees asunder. The limbs of the [...]
Ok, so one of the great things about being a college student (or living close to a college town) is what? That’s right, College Radio! You know, that free-format, wtf are they playing now? noise usually found in the 8-somethings of your old-fashioned radio dial. Well, last semester I applied to our campus organization and, [...]
