Journal from the James: The James Reserve …
By Director Jennifer Gee &
Assistant Director John Laundré
Idyllwild is set in an ecologically fascinating area. It is a mountain island surrounded by a desert...
Journal from the James: What’s wild in Idyllwild? …
We live in a forest sanctuary on the Hill, a sky island that we, and many wild animal species, call home. Animals typically roam...
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: 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: 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: 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 good is a dead tree? …
With the drought persisting in our area, a lot of concern, and rightfully so, has arisen regarding the loss of many of our trees....
Journal From the James: Oasis de los Osos, our desert sister site …
Many of our readers are familiar with the James Reserve from our writings and public talks. However, few know that the James officially consists...
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: 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...