misc bears

If you have time for a study break, may I suggest to biology fans this link that is ever popular right now, and comes from the Katmai National Park, King Salmon, AK, on an online platform similar to iNaturalist, but videos, with chats: https://explore.org/livecams/brown-bears

Pressed Plants

I collected the three plant specimens on my property that borders Kluane National Park in Haines Junction, Yukon. The habitat is an open black spruce (Picea mariana) forest on disturbed sandy soil facing southeast. It was an enjoyable process. The Polemonium acutiflorum was so delicate it kept sticking to the …