Mostly the clearcuts induce rage, but in this one ridge I appreciate how they’re turning it to Tallgrass Savanna because it gives a loooong and clear view (on both sides!) which is really uncommon here.

Enjoy a few seconds of a (limited) portion of the view. It’s a nice spring day, after all!

Take a break, listen to the birds chirp by an ancient & sacredstream

Perhaps you need some Outside but it’s not accessible? Enjoy a minute of (poorly filmed—I was busy “looking for Jake”** as we say) Indigenously-maintained forest

Tahlepa sipokni
in tahlepa sipokni (thousands on thousands) of Bishkókok (robins) on grounds today. Small sampling of one area. Place is ~covered~!!

(Video is poor bc I was trying to take it quick when people weren’t talking)

Bonkers amount of water…downstream gauge is showing something like 1,000cf/s above baseline from yesterday (before the gate was opened), which is much closer to what this looks like.

Rare to see water being released like this from this dam…it was only like ~2% above conservation pool yesterday

Funny that the CoE page for this dam says “0 CFS release—2 Gates open 1.75 feet”

Neither of those statements is true🤦

Somehow, they always find me

Idk if y’all know this but…Ouachita Witch Hazel is among the most beautifully fragrant AND vibrant floral trees.

Here, it blooms between Winter Solstice and roughly the start of Redbud Season

THEY’RE BACK

(Why is this Ofi so dang haksobaka😭😭😭)

In which I climb up a Very Steep Embankment and inadvertently bother an Ossi himitta (juvenile Bald Eagle). They were fishing from the depth marker. Oops.

Autofocus REALLY messes up at the end but you can juuust see one of their family join them in flying up valley

Timeline refresher:

Hoshonti on nanih chaha vt pisa achukmaka:)

Clouds on the mountains always look nice:)

Um so if you roast an onion root end up, it has an automatic fineness timer?