by Shadow Habitat | Oct 23, 2020 | Goings on at SHADOW
How can mushrooms help restore the forest at SHADOW Lake Nature Preserve? The Pacific Northwest is a great place to enjoy beautiful and varied fruiting bodies of fungi, or mushrooms, scattered about the mossy forest floor. What many people don’t know is that...
by Shadow Habitat | Oct 23, 2020 | Science Communications
As temperatures begin to cool and the days get shorter, leaves on deciduous trees begin to change colors. But why? There are several hypotheses for this phenomenon, but it is likely a chemical reaction that is triggered by the amount of daylight the plant is receiving...
by Shadow Habitat | Oct 23, 2020 | Native animals, Native plants
Devil’s matchstick – Pilophorus acicularisPilophorus acicularis is a part of the Cladoniaceae (lichenized fungi) family. It is found in cool moist forest locations at all elevation levels but is more common near waterfalls at lower elevations. It has been...
by Shadow Habitat | Sep 14, 2020 | Science Communications
The world is replete with people who want to improve the ecological integrity of our environment, but how can we achieve that? There are many areas of concern like air pollution, conservation of natural resources and habitat, food distribution and waste; the list goes...
by Shadow Habitat | Sep 14, 2020 | Feature Articles
Living in rural parts of Washington state often means that some of your neighbors are local wildlife like raccoons, coyotes, and bears. Being in and around wildlife habitat results in frequent human-wildlife interactions and sometimes these...
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