Sporting

Land & Conservation

Champions of Conservation 2023

Saving wild turkeys, protecting Venus flytraps, cleaning up rivers, cultivating the crops of tomorrow, and more—the heroic efforts of these ten undersung scientists, advocates, and innovators are helping defend the South’s imperiled ecosystems


Sporting

Art of the Decoy

Presented by Orvis and Blade and Bow, a new traveling event celebrates the centuries-old tradition of decoy carving in the South

A black and white image of a group of men in suits approaching the meteorite at the University of Arkansas.

Conservation

This Small Arkansas Town Would Like to Keep Its Eight-Hundred-Pound Meteorite, Please

Nearly a century after it crashed to Earth in Northeast Arkansas, the Paragould meteorite finds its way home

A collage of a woman with flowers against a sunset

This Land

Cultivating Creativity at a Poet’s Sanctuary

The late Anne Spencer crafted a Virginia home and garden that nurtured other artists—and still does

An older man holds a leaf with children behind him

Land & Conservation

Friends, Fans, and Colleagues Remember South Carolina Naturalist Rudy Mancke

The beloved host of NatureScene and NatureNotes passed away earlier this week

Land & Conservation

Repurpose That Pumpkin!

Gourd-for-the-environment alternatives to throwing your holiday display in the trash

Land & Conservation

David Joy’s Unexpected French Connection

On his book tour overseas, the North Carolina novelist discovers that catfish are the ties that bind