Natural History Resources
The following resources are available from the Methow Biodiversity Project, PO Box 175, Winthrop, WA, 98862. Proceeds, such as they are, go to support The Methow Naturalist.
Amphibians
Amphibians of the Methow Watershed: A list of 7 known, 5 possible species. 2 pages. $1.
Amphibians of the Methow Watershed: Keys to eggs, larvae, adults. 4 pages. $2.
Bats
Bats of the Methow: List and Identification Key. 2 pages. $1. To be used with Bats of British Columbia (a book).
Birds
Birds of the Methow Watershed; a checklist of 255 species. 2 pages. $1.
Bird Songs of the Methow; 6 pages of notes and mnemonics on local species. 5 pages. $2.
Confusing Flycatcher Species of the Methow, one page of notes on songs, habitat, behavior. 1 page. $1.
Migratory Birds of the Methow; a chart of arrival and breeding dates. 2 pages. $1.
Butterflies
Butterflies of the Methow Watershed; 107 species. 2 pages. $1.
A Key to the Butterflies of Okanogan County; 8 pages. $3. Use with Pyle’s The Butterflies of Cascadia (a book).
Fish
Fish Species of the Methow Watershed; a list of the 23 known species with habitat and place of origin. 1 page. $1.
A Key to the Salmonid Species (salmon, trout and whitefish) of the Methow; juveniles and adults. 2 pages. $1.
Energy
The End of Cheap Oil: A Brief Reality Check. 4 pages. $2.
Flowering Plants
Sensitive Plant Species of the Methow Watershed. 2 pages. $1.
Vascular Plants of the Methow (about 1100 species), 5 pages. $2.
A Simple Key to local Vascular Plant Families, 2 pages. $1.
Observing the Secret Life of Wildflowers, 1 page. $1.
Edible Wild Plants of the Methow, 1 page. $1.
Fungi
Edible Mushrooms of the Methow, with habitat and fruiting season. 1 page. $1.
Fungi of the Methow, a beginning list of about 100 species. 2 pages. $1.
A Key to the Gilled Mushroom Families (using spore color), 2 pages. $1.
Geology
Geology, Biology & the Methow: corrollation of geologic events and evolution. 1 page. $1.
A Key to the Rocks of the Methow, and Guide to Basic Rock Types. 3 pages. $1.
Insects
Bark Beetles of the Methow: descriptive article and guide to their galleries, 3 pages. $1.
Dragonflies of Okanogan County: A list of 47 species with notes. 1 page. $1.
Lichens
Lichen species of the Methow: the first 150 species identified. 2 pages. $1.
Macroinvertebrates
A list of the approximately 160 taxa of benthic macroinvertebrates identified to date in the
Methow River and tributaries, with drawings of the nine most abundant species, 4 pages. $2.
Mammals
Mammals of the Methow, a 2-page list of all known species. $1.
Mammal Tracks. 2 pages. $1.
Moss
Moss species of the Methow: the first 140 species identified. 2 pages. $1.
Reptiles
Reptiles of the Methow, 14 species with habitat and natural history notes. 1 page. $1.
Wildlife
The Changing Face of Methow Wildlife: changes in wildlife populations in the past 100 years. 2 pages. $1.
Back Issues
Back issues of The Methow Naturalist are $3.50 each.
The Methow Naturalist:
Past Issues and Articles
1:1 Spring 1996- The Wildflowers are Coming!
The Wildflowers are Coming (Spring Wildflowers)- Dana Visalli
Listening and Learning in the Pines (Top Ten PIPO Songbirds)- Kent Woodruff
Sleepy Bats Winter in Local Root Cellar- Jennifer Molesworth
Wide Roaming Bears Under Study (Black Bears)- Bill Gaines and Andrea Bruns
Species of the Month: Cottonwood- Rob Crandall
The Daytime Owl- Denny O’Callaghan
1:2 Summer 1996- Of Wildfires and Woodpeckers
Of Wildfires and Woodpeckers- Evan Frost
Methow Geology: The Big Picture- Art Campbell
Leave it to Eena (Beaver)- Dianne MacLean
Frog and Toad Together (Frogs of the Methow)- Dana Visalli
What is a Naturalist?- Kent Woodruff
The Methow’s Torrent Duck (Harlequins)- Rob Crandall
On the Bluebird Trail (nesting results)- Dana Visalli
The Season’s Constellations: Summer- Art Campbell
1:3 Fall 1996- Elk in the Methow
Elk in the Methow- John Rohrer
Geologic Formations in the Methow- Art Campbell & Michelle Dewey
Quaking Aspen- Walt Mueggler
Predator (Bald Hornets)- Pam Vesterby
Lichens- Rob Crandall
So Magnificent a Fishe (Salmon)- Dana Visalli
Autumn Passages (Hawk Migration)- Kent Woodruff
A Bird in the Hand (Mist-netting)- Dave Rudholm
The Season’s Constellations: Autumn- Art Campbell
1:4 Winter 1996- Stalking Predators in Winter
Stalking Predators in Winter- John Rohrer
Chickadees in Winter- Dana Visalli
Pipestone Canyon- Art Campbell & Michelle Dewey
Field Guide to Animal Tracks
Boreal Owls- Dawn Woodruff
Deer Dilemma- To Feed or Not to Feed?- John Rohrer
Wintering Strategies of Fish- Becky Tanguay
Orion- Art Campbell
2:1 Spring 1997- Butterfly Gardening
Butterfly Gardening- Gloria Spiwak
The Age of Ice- Art Campbell & Michelle Dewey
After the Ice Age (Return of Life)- Dana Visalli
Floods: Destruction and Creation- Jenny Molesworth
Avalanche Ecology- Eric Burr
Of Saskatoons and Serviceberries- George Wooten
Chart: Migratory Songbirds of the Methow- Evan Frost and Susan Snetsinger
Alien Invaders Land in the Methow (Weeds)- Rob Crandall
Comet Hale-Bopp- Art Campbell
Poetry: Pattiann Rogers (The Hummingbird: A Seduction), Kent Woodruff (Methow Music)
2:2 Summer 1997- Fire Ecology: The Past Rings True
Fire Ecology: The Past Rings True- Therese Olson
Geology of the Methow’s Eastern Border- Art Campbell & Michelle Dewey
Dragonflies: Rainbows on the Wing- Dennis Paulson
Don’t Worry, Bee Happy: Animals and Plants Strike a Flowery Bargain- Evan Frost
Diagram: Pollination Relationships
The Butterflies are Coming!- Dana Visalli
Butterflies of the Methow Watershed
Doing the Shrub-Steppe- Rob Crandall
Celestial Distances- Art Campbell
2:3 Fall 1997- The Invasion of the Whitetails
Are White-tailed Deer Replacing Mule Deer?- John Rohrer
Geology West of the Methow Basin- Art Campbell & Michelle Dewey
Bull Trout: The Tale of a Little Known Fish- Nina Talayco
Woodpeckers Divide up the Resource Pie- Rob Crandall
Diagram: Resource Partitioning by Woodpeckers
Clark’s Nutcrackers: The Johnny Appleseed of the High Country- Evan Frost
Diagram: Coevolved Adaptations of Clark’s Nutcrackers and Whitebark Pines
Fungus Preempts Cottonwood’s Fall Display
Star Light, Star Bright- Art Campbell
2:4 Winter 1997- Snow White and the Seven Morphs
Snow White and the Seven Morphs: A Guide to Snow Crystals- Dana Visalli
The Fawn Peak Stock- Art Campbell & Michelle Dewey
Weathering Winter: Plants and the Big Chill- Rob Crandall
Wildlife in Winter: Leave, Sleep or Stick it Out- Evan Frost
The Great Raptor Flyway- Dan Rossman
Planet Viewing- Art Campbell
3:1 Spring 1998- Sweet-flowered Bitterroot
Sweet-flowered Bitterroot: Feast for the Eye, Food for the Belly- Jane Gilbertson
Natural History of the Weasel Family- John Jakubowski
A Summary of the Mustelid Species in the Methow
There’s a Ghost in the Methow (Great Gray Owl)- Kent Woodruff
A Report on Three Years of Amphibian Surveys- Dana Visalli
Methow Climatology: The Big Picture- Art Campbell
3:2 Summer 1998- Finned Fauna: Fish Species of the Methow
Finned Fauna: Fish Species of the Methow- Dana Visalli
Traveling Down the River Continuum- Evan Frost
Mayflies, Midges and Periwinkles: The Methow’s Aquatic Invertebrates- Jerry Kraft
An Ouzel Runs Through It- Bruce Morrison
Poetry: William Stafford (Cottonwood), James Bertolino (The Path of Water)
Observing Aphid Wasps- Steve Dupey
Table: Fish of the Methow
Champion Trees of the Methow
Hercules’ Ancient Celestial Treasure- Art Campbell
3:3 Fall 1998- Grizzly Bears in the North Cascades?
Grizzly Bears in the North Cascades?- Bill Noble
The Birth, Life and Death of Stars- Art Campbell
The Army Cutworm Moth: An Unsung Hero in Alpine Ecology- Rosemary Jackson & Rob Hazen
Plant Dispersal: A Seedy Solution to an Age-old Dilemma- Evan Frost
Strategies for Seed Dispersal
Granite in the Methow- Art Campbell & Michelle Dewey
The Bear Facts: What is a Grizzly?- Bill Noble
Why Woodpeckers Don’t Get Headaches- Art Campbell
Poetry: Kent Woodruff (Perseus Nights), Robert Frost (The Last Word of A Bluebird)
3:4 Winter 1998- Methow Wildlife: Changing Places, Changing Faces
Methow Wildlife: Changing Places, Changing Faces- Dana Visalli
Missing: Sharptailed Grouse from the Methow- John Rohrer
Coho- Jenny Molesworth
Climatic Cycles: If you don’t like the weather, just wait a thousand years- Art & Michelle
Pining for Ponderosa- Leahe
List: Animal Species Known to Have Decreased & Increased in the Methow
Precession- Art Campbell
4:1 Spring 1999- Wildflowers Threaten the Methow
Wildflowers Threaten the Methow: We Will Berry You!- Dana Visalli
Imprints from the River of Time: Methow Fossils- Art Campbell
The Greening of America: The Evolution of Plants- Dana Visalli
Whitebark Pine, Jewel of the Subalpine: In Trouble?- Art Kruckeberg
Biophila- Tom Doran and Sue Koptonak
Arrowleaf Balsamroot- Jane Gilbertson
Chart: Edible Plants of the Methow
Observing the Moon- Art Campbell
Poetry: Robert Frost (To the Thawing Wind), Walt Whitman (Ode to Spring)
4:2 Summer 1999- Marion Rose, Naturalist
Marion Rose: Naturalist- Brian Varrelman
Rattlesnakes in the Methow Valley- John Rohrer
In Praise of Creeping Crawling Things- Dana Visalli
Table: Reptiles of the Methow Watershed
Alpine Plants in the Methow’s Mountain Meadows- Katharine Bill
The Sharptailed Snake: Rarity or Recluse- William Leonard
Double Stars- Art Campbell
Poetry: Ron McLean (For These Are My Dry Hills, Here Was I Born)
4:3 Fall 1999- Of Moose & Mushrooms
The Phenomenal and Fantastic Fungi: A Brief Introduction to Mushrooms- Brian Luther
Jekyll-Hyde Mushrooms- George Barron
Moose on the Move- John Jakubowski
Table: Edible Wild Mushrooms of the Methow Watershed
Key to Gilled Fungi
Cepheus- Art Campell
Poetry: Sylvia Plath (Mushrooms), Pattiann Rogers (Geocentric)
4:4 Winter 1999- The Old-timers Welcome You to the Methow
Observing Townsend’s Big-eared Bats- Kent Woodruff
Chelan Ridge: Where Hawks Ride the Wind- Daniel Harrington
Of Moonworts and Mule’s Ears (brief review of plant studies in the Methow)- Therese Ohlson
Where Are the North Cascade Grizzly Bears? (hair-snagging study)- Kimberly Romain
Breeding Birds and Christmas Nerds (Christmas Bird Count)- Kent Woodruff
All Creatures Great and Small: Methow Wildlife Studies- Nina Talayco
High Drama in the Night Sky (Taurus)- Art Campbell
Poetry: Linda Robertson (When You Left the Methow), Robert Frost (To the Thawing Wind)
5:1 Spring 2000- Special Spring Edition: Sex Among the Flowers
Sex Among the Flowers: Confessions of a Plant Voyeur- Dana Visalli
Penstemon: Blooming Soon at a Hot Rock Near You!- Jane Gilbertson
What’s That Singing In My Ears? (Songbirds in Ponderosa forest)- Kent Woodruff
The Yellow-Rumped Warbler- Caryl Campbell
Poetry: Wendell Berry , Sitting Bull (Spring Has Come), Leonard
Carriere (Haiku), Helen Merrill (What Do These Clouds Mean)
Table: Observing the Secret Life of Wildflowers
5:2 Summer 2000- Ken White: The Methow’s Naturalist
Ken White: The Methow’s Naturalist- Deborah Moffitt
On Becoming a Naturalist- Merlin Tuttle
Pictorial and Dichotomous Keys to the Fritillary Butterflies of Methow
Dying to Burn: On the Regeneration Stategy of Lodgepole Pine- John Jakubowski
King of the Fishers (Kingfishers)- Dana Visalli
Jupiter- Art Campbell
Poetry: Ron McLean (For These are My Dry Hills), Loren Hager (The Methow)
5:3 Fall 2000- Cougars in the Methow
Cougars in the Methow- Bill White
Encounters With Cougars- Gloria Spiwak
The Woman Who Sat With Cougars- Vicki Nordness
Cougars: Just the Facts
Watching Waxwings- Dana Visalli
A Guide to Methow Rocks- Art Campbell & Michelle Dewey
The Tortuous Origin of the Place Name Mazama- Art Kruckeberg
Lord of the Rings (Saturn)- Art Campbell
Poetry: Janet Corley (Cattail Marsh), Noe Marymor (Night Comes
to Paymaster Spring), Marge Piercy (The Perpetual Migration)
5:4 Winter 2000- The First People
A River of Passing Events (Overview of Native Methow history)- Dana Visalli
The First People- Bob Mierendorf
An Ethnography of the Methow Tribe
Bald Eagles- Eddie Torr
Hunter-Gatherers: Nature’s Friends or Foes?- Freda Junvik
Native American Quotes
Big Dipper: The Bear Facts
6:1 Spring 2001- The Earth Laughs in Flowers
Botany in a Day- Dana Visalli
Plant Geography of the Methow Valley- George Wooten
Orchids: Flowers of Romance and Mystery- Eddie Torr
Table: Orchids of the Methow
The Island Mountain Volcanics- Art Campbell & Michelle Dewey
Streaky-breasted Sparrows of the Methow Valley- Anaka Mines
A Key to the Common Flowering Plant Families of the Methow
The Sun- Art Campbell
Poetry: Janet Corley (Return), Linda Robertson (Methow Spring)
6:2 Summer 2001- Water, Water Everywhere
Nectar of the Gods- Toni Neslen
Miraculous, Ubiquitous Water- Art Campbell
River Otters- Brian Fisher
A Bug in the System: The Methow’s Aquatic Insects- Dana Visalli
Sex Among the Sandpipers- Eddie Torr
The Nine Most Common Macroinvertebrates in the Methow River (graphic)
The Sun II- Art Campbell
Poetry: Percy Shelly (The Cloud), Mary Oliver (The Sun)
6:3 Fall 2001- Mammals of the Methow
The Bear Necessities (Black Bears)- John Rohrer
Night Shift (Bats)- Kent Woodruff
Bringing Back Beaver- John Jakubowski
Beaver and the Watershed- Gary Ott
Mammals of the Methow: A List
Planetary Orbits- Art Campbell
Poetry: Mary Oliver (Wild Geese), Kay Ryan (Blandeur), Weldon Kees (Colloquy)
6:4 Winter 2001- Nature in Winter
Snow Sculptures- Dana Visalli
Winter Botany- Eddie Torr
Where Do Butterflies Go in Winter?- Clare Hagen Dole
Insects to Know and Love- Ann N. Tomologist
With Wings to Fly- Anaka Mines
Insects in Winter
The Shape and Size of the Earth- Art Campbell
Poetry- Walt Whitman (Song of Myself)
7:1 Spring 2002- For the Birds
Dinosaurs of a Feather- Dana Visalli
The Loggerhead Shrike- Leyla Arsan
Boreal Chickadees- Arthur Campbell
Watching Hawks via Satellite- Kent Woodruff
List: Birds of the Methow
(Short Circuit), David Wagoner (Nuthatch)
Birds and Windows
Cat Got Your Tongue?
The Discovery of Planet Neptune- Arthur Campbell
Poetry- John Muir (Ouzel), Daniel Hall
7:2 Summer 2002- Marshes, Bogs and Ponds: Wetlands in a Dry Country
Wet Land- Dana Visalli
Life in a Wetland- Lim Noligist
Different Sites for Different Hydrophytes
A Sampling of Aquatic Plants to Know and Love
A Date with Daphnia- Eddie Torr
Rails: Recluses of the Marsh- Arthur Campbell
Reflections from the Pond: Chaos & Community
Adaptations of Wetlands- chart
An Every-day Meat-eating Plant (bladderwort)
The Precession of Mercury’s Orbit- Art Campbell
Poetry: Janet Corley (Pond), Max Merckenschlager (Nearly Spring),
7:3 Fall 2002- Life in the Methow: Old as the Hills
Life in the Methow: Old as the Hills- Dana Visalli
The Pileated Woodpecker- Dave Benson
Red Squirrels are Happy Fellows- Eddie Torr
Fall Webworms- Donald Stokes
(Spirit Mountain) Pattiann Rogers (Geocentric)
Geology, Biology and the Methow- chart
The Andromeda Galazy: Out of this World
Poetry: Robert Frost (My November Guest), Nina Talayco
7:4 Winter 2002- Ron McLean: the Methow’s Poet Laureate
Granite, Shale, Dust and All: Ron McLean- Dana Visalli
The Illustrated Nature Journal- Caryl Campbell
Birding by Ear in the Silent Season- Libby Mills
Just a Flicker- Eddie Torr
Seven Songs of a Buckskin Pine
The Charioteer- Art Campbell
Poetry: Croil Anderson (Time Slows Down), Wendell Berry (The Cold)
8:1 Spring 2003- Sun and Shadow: The Story of Methow Weather
Red Sky in the Morning: Weather in the Methow- Dana Visalli
Methow Weather, Past and Future- Bill Biddle
The Evolution of Bird Migration- Arthur Campbell
The American Marten- David Moskowitz
Spring Birdsong- Libby Mills
The Constellation Leo- Art Campbell
Poetry: D.H. Lawrence (The Day the Sun Stood Still), Rochelle Riling (Mahmoud’s Joy)
8:2 Summer 2003- The Secret Life of Alpine Wildflowers
Thinking Mountains: Mountain habitats- Dana Visalli
Earth Hummocks in the Pasayten Wilderness- Therese Ohlson
The Secret Life of Alpine Wildflowers- Eddie Torr
Flight for Life: Life and Death of a Kestrel- Solyssa Visalli
Peep: Trials and Tribulations of Raising a Canada Goose- Steve Dupey
Close Encounters with Mars- Art Campbell
Poetry: Phillip Larkin (The Trees), Barry Lopez (No Answers)
8:3 Fall 2003- Methow Mountaineers: Bighorn Sheep & Mountain Goats
Mountain Goats: High All the Time- Eddie Torr
Bringing Back the Bighorn: Bighorn Sheep in the Methow- John Jakubowski
In Which Peep Learns to Fly: Continuing Adventures of a Goose- Steve Dupey
Black-billed Magpies- Art Campbell
Martian Water- Art Campbell
When Is a Goat Not a Goat?- Dana Visalli
Poetry: Pablo Neruda (Keeping Quiet), Patrick Loafman (Where Names Vanish Above)
8:4 Winter 2003- Winter Color from Heather Murphy’s Notebook
What’s Bugging the Trees? All About Bark Beetles- Eddie Torr
Bark Beetles of the Methow: A Guide to their Galleries
Summer Fires Fuel Winter Woodpeckers- Katharine Bill
Stalking the Wild Kouprey- Steve Dupey
On Developing Personal Relationships with Gophers- Dana Visalli
Saturn: Jewel of the Solar System
Poetry: D.H. Lawrence (A New Heaven and a New Earth), H.D. Thoreau (Love It or Leave It)
9:1 Spring 2004- Wind Pollination: The Anther is Blowing in the Wind
Seeds of Life, Seeds of Strife- Dana Visalli
Psyching Out Seeds: Secrets of Germination- Rob Crandall
Springtime: There’s Sex in the Air- Eddie Torr
The Sound of One Willow Blooming- Martina Lazera
Measuring as Star’s IQ
Poetry: D.H. Lawrence (Snakes)
9:2 Summer 2004- North America-The Eternal Frontier
The Eternal Frontier: An Ecological History of North America- Eddie Torr
The Humble Bumble Bee- Dana Visalli
Yellowjackets, Paper Wasps and Baldfaced Hornets- Ann N. Tomoligist
The Composites: One Big, Happy Family- Dana Visalli
Asteroid Hunters- Art Campbell
Poetry: Barbara Kingsolver (Small Wonder), Malcolm Brown (The Trembling Leaf), Lewis Carroll
(No Adult Supervision), Carlos Castenada (Follow the Leader)
9:3 Fall 2004- Teaching a Stone to Talk: The Story in the Cobbles
Teaching a Stone to Talk: The Hard Life of a River Cobble- Eddie Torr
Key to Methow Rocks
A Basic Guide to Rocks
More Than Hawks at Chelan Ridge
The Tree of Life- John Morgan
Is the Earth a Gaia?- Dana Visalli
The Origin of the Moon- Art Campbell
Poetry: Thom Henley (Many People Eat Not Full), David Budbill (How Can This Be?), Wendell Berry (Stay Home), Koran (On Tolerance)
9:4 Winter 2004- The Ecology of God
The Ecology of God- Eddie Torr
Ecological Imperialism- Dana Visalli
The Man Who Sat Around Watching Cougars- Steve Dupey
Islands, Ice and Feathers: An Evolving Story
Seeking Ermine Daily- Walt Lockwood
One With Weasels- Annie Dillard
How Dark is the Night Sky?- Art Campbell
Poetry: WB Yeats (Innisfree), Gary Snyder (For the Children)
10:1 Spring 2005-The Wind and the Willows
The Wind and the Willows- Dana Visalli
Mini-Key to the Willows of the Methow
The Bluebird of Happiness- Eddie Torr
Peep Almost Meets His Maker- Steve Dupey
Urchins Underfoot: Spadefoot Toads- Mary Kiesau
Taking Nature’s Pulse: Science and Sensitivity in the Methow
Poetry: Pattiann Rogers (If the Moon Only Appeared Every Ten Years), Amenhotep IV (There Is No Sun But Sun)
10:2 Summer 2005- The Methow’s River of Ice: Silver Star Glacier
Fire Ecology in the North Cascades- Susan Prichard
The Life and Times of Silver Star Glacier- Moskowitz & Smith
Grasses, Sedges and Rushes, Oh My!- Eddie Torr
The Bluebird that Flew With Kestrels- Dana Visalli
How to Help the World- Joseph Campbell
Meteors and the Perseid Meteor Shower- Art Campbell
Poetry: Walt Whitman (Leaves of Grass), Thich Nhat Hanh (Performing Miracles), Lau Tzu (Life Like Water), Neil Bull (Metamorphosis)
10:3 Fall 2005- Survival of the Fittest?
Birds & Burning: The Effect of Fire on Cavity Nesting Birds- Ray Robertson
Survival of the Fittest: Competition and Cooperation in Nature- Dana Visalli
Adventures in Squamataphagy: One Snake Consumes Another- Steve Dupey
Giving Voice to the Moon: Snow Crickets- Eddie Torr
The Diversity of Life- EO Wilson
Poetry: Mary Oliver (The Swan), Pattiann Rogers (Sensual Deprivation)
A Place With Real Atmosphere: Evolution of the Earth’s Atmosphere
10:4 Winter 2005- The Raison D’Etre of Sex
Why is Life So Sexy: The Evolution of Sex- Dana Visalli
Finding the Perfect Partner: Lessons From Nature- Dan Russell
Life is a Gas- Eddie Torr
The Buddha Bowl- Paula Hirschboeck
Sexual Selection
Poetry: DH Lawrence (New Heaven and Earth), Joseph Campbell (Maya)
Index of Articles, 1996-2005
11:1 Spring 2006- Moonplants in the Methow
Seldom Seen: The Methow’s Rarest Plants- Dana Visalli
Elven Moonplants and their Fungal Friends- Therese Ohlson
Living and Drying in Vernal Pools- Dan Russell
Gorgeous Bird: Western Tanager- Eddie Torr
Observing Daffodils- J. Krishnamurti
Poetry: Rochelle Riling (Night Sky), Linda Robertson (The Methow River in May), Charles Darwin (Relationships)
Methow Sensitive Plant List
11:2 Summer 2006- Pikas: High Mountain Hay Farmers
Pikas: Charming and Alarming- Dan Russell
An Expose on Catastomadae- John Crandall
Penstemons: The Mystery of the Missing Anther- Dana Visalli
Peep and the Cycle of Nature- Steve Dupey
Poetry: Pattiann Rogers (Idee Fixe), Tao Yuan-ming (Getting Beyond Words, Stay Home), Ogden Nash (Summer Serenade)
Natural History Resource List
11:3 Fall 2006 The Quizotic Don Coyote
Wily Don Coyote- Eddie Torr
Fire on the Mountain: How Plants and Animals Adapt to Being Barbequed- Dana Visalli
The Continuing Chronicles of Peep- Steve Dupey
Coyote in the Kitchen- Steve Dupey
Poetry: Mary Austin (Land of Little Rain), Helen Merrill (The Woman Who Lives on Hoot n Holler Lane), Ron McLean (Deep Ashnola Sky)
Chart: Plant Adaptation to and Survival in Low & High Intensity Fire
11:4 Winter 2006 The Plants of the Lewis & Clark Expedition (found in the Methow)
Plants of the Lewis & Clark Expedition Found in the Methow Valley- Dana Visalli
Crowing About the Corvidae: Megan McGinty
Is That a Marine Derived Nutrient I Smell?- John Crandall
Pine Grosbeaks- Art Campbell
Poetry: Matthew Roberts (In the Killdeer Cry), Wallace Stevens (The Snow Man), Albert Einstein (Science Mystic)
List of Methow Plant Species described by Lewis & Clark
12:1 Spring 2007 Journey to the Ants
Methow Mound Builders: The Western Thatching Ant- Eddie Torr
Sweet Sunlight: A Synthesis of Photosynthesis- Dana Visalli
Bird Nests
Life on the Rocks- A Color Guide to Selected Lichens and Mosses
Poetry: Neil Garcia (Ants), Harold Baum (Photosynthesis), John Muir (A Walk in the Woods)
12:2 Summer 2007 The Origins of the Methow Valley
The Life and Death of Stars: Eddie Torr
The Origins of the Methow- Dana Visalli
Pollination Ecology- Sandra Strieby
Harlequins- Dan Russell
Requiem for a Goose- Steve Dupey
Poetry- RW Emerson (Naturalist), Pattiann Rogers (Being Specific)
12:3 Fall 2007
Lamprey: Ancient Fish in a Young River- John Crandall
A Re-creational River Trip- Dana Visalli
Back to the Neolithic: Living Close to the Land- Katie Russell
Meadow Mice (Voles)- Eddie Torr
Poetry- Pattiann Rogers (Rolling Naked in the Morning Dew), Andrew Young (Hard Frost), R. Frost (Fire and Ice)
Life Out of Balance: A Vole Erruption- Dayton Hyde