Journal from the James: How nature works …
To look out on nature, be it a mountain forest such as we have in Idyllwild, a desert or even a tropical forest, what...
Journal from the James: Spring at the James …
It is that time of the year again, the time we typically call springtime. For those of you who follow the annual trip of...
Journal from the James: The word from the woods: A century of change in...
“The goal is not to try to live forever. The goal is to create something that will.” -- Fred Rogers
More than 100 years ago,...
Journal from the James: The cute season …
In our previous column we mentioned that springtime is a time of preparation for the season of abundance: summer. The emergence of insects and...
Journal from the James: Song dogs …
Greetings from the James Reserve. In continuing at our peeks into the natural world, this installment will be on another species of mammal found...
Journal from the James: Sky Islands …
By Assistant Director John Laundré
Greetings from the sky island of Machu Picchu, Peru. I write this as we return to Cusco after a heady...
Journal from the James: What’s wild in Idyllwild? Bobcats …
On Nov. 19, the Idyllwild Community Center sponsored my presentation at its Speakers Series at Silver Pines Lodge. The topic was the motion-sensitive cameras...
Journal from the James: Mixing it up …
By Director
Dr. Jennifer Gee
Lots of mythical hybrids lurk in our collective cultural subconscious, from centaurs that are half-human/ half-horse, to human fishes...
Journal from the James: Shepherds of nature …
Greetings from the James Reserve. In the first installment of our column, we introduced the James Reserve and promised further “peeks into the natural...
Journal from the James: Sky islands continued …
By Assistant Director John Laundré
In the last “Journal from the James,” I pointed out the uniqueness of mountainous sky islands such as the San...