The Woods
Live Black Bear Cam | HDOnTap.com
"The Pennsylvania Game Commission flipped the switch Monday on a new live web cam in a bear den under a porch in Monroe County."
"In the den are a sow and an undetermined number of cubs. The agency can’t confirm how many cubs are in the den as the cam view currently is mostly of the mother’s back. The mother bear will groom and nurse the cubs several times a day, according to PGC."
"Typically, cubs are born in mid-January and emerge from their dens in the first week of April, according to PGC. During hibernation, bears are alert and active but don’t leave the den or eat or drink."
“As we move through March, the cubs will become more visible and active,” the PGC said in a Facebook post Tuesday.
A closer look at the common redpoll
Coyote fur is in big demand thanks to popular parkas
"Those fur-trimmed parkas so common on city sidewalks have become a boon to backwoods trappers. Coyote fur pelts are in big demand to provide the lush, silvery or tawny-tinged arcs of fur on the hoods on Canada Goose coats and their many global imitators. A good western coyote, prized for its silky, light-colored fur, can fetch more than $100. The top price at a recent Colorado auction hit $170, a 40 percent increase from four years ago."
Access To Parks In Childhood Associated With Better Adult Mental Health
"A study published Monday in the journal PNAS details what the scientists say is the largest investigation of the association between green spaces and mental health. Researchers from Aarhus University in Denmark found that growing up near vegetation is associated with an up to 55 percent lower risk of mental health disorders in adulthood. Kristine Engemann, the biologist who led the study, combined decades of satellite imagery with extensive health and demographic data of the Danish population to investigate the mental health effects of growing up near greenery. "
Rededicate Myself to Spending More Time in the Wilderness Observing.
I was listening to the Iowa Sportsman podcast about shed hunting, I was thinking I really don’t spend enough time in the wilderness. Living in the city, it’s just kind of a bother to fire up my pickup truck, invest the fuel and mileage to get out to the wilderness, especially in the cold of the winter, to walk the miles to search for sheds and see more of the woods.
I’d be a better outdoorsman if I actually spent more time in wilderness then I do. Just more time walking around, exploring. I guess I do spend a fair amount of time in the summer months, although probably too much of the time is spent in swimming holes or paddling or traveling, and not enough time just walking in the woods, actually observing.
I really should spend more time in the wilderness, but traveling is expensive, and money spent now is money not available for the future. But maybe this summer, I will rededicate myself to investing more time to simple walks in the woods, more time by the fishing hole, and more time just observing nature — and less time running from point a to point b.
