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“Herp Talk” with local amphibian biologist Katy Greenwald

By Mark | June 23, 2019

Over the past few weeks, I’ve posted here about both tadpoles and frogs that my son and I had found in Riverside Park. Well, as a result of these posts, I’ve come into contact with Eastern Michigan University amphibian biologist Katy Greenwald, who, I guess, felt professionally obligated to write in and correct me, informing […]

Posted in Environment, Mark's Life, Michigan, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged Ambystoma, amphibian biology, amphibian fungus, amphibian sex, amphibians, Ann Arbor Natural Area Preservation, Anura, Arlo, Arnold Lobel, Australia, biology, Bufonidae, bullfrog, Cane toad, cats, Central America, chickens, children's literature, chytrid, chytridiomycosis, critters, cryptozoology, cultural impact study, Diplocaulus, earth science, Eastern Michigan University, EMU, environmental impact study, evolution, evolutionary biology, evolutionary tactics, extinction, faking death, faking one's death, flying frogs, Frog and Toad, frog-eating, frogamander, frogs, frozen frogs, gay characters in children's literature, Georgia, Gerobatrachus, Goro Furuta, habitat management, habitat preservation, HCI, herpetology, Heterodon platyrhinos, historic archeology, Historic Conservation and Interpretation, hognose snakes, Huron River, hybrid salamanders, immigration interview, invasive species, Karen Warkentin, Katy Greenwald, Kelly's Island, landscape architecture, Lepospondyls, Loveland Frog, Madagascar, Mark's frog pond, mass extinction, metamorphosis, nontraditional sex, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, OCD, Paleocene, pit viper, Population Viability Analysis, predators, Ranidae, relocating wetlands, reproduction, reptiles, restoring wetlands, Rick Shine, ringneck snake, Rutherford Pool, salamanders, Science Friday, sentinel species, Skyline high school, smeet, snakes, South America, sperm-stealing, tadpoles, Temnospondyls, the canary in the cole mine, toads, treefrogs, twofold cost of males, unisexual, vernal pool, warts, wetlands, Ypsi immigration interview, zoospores | 27 Comments

Ann Arbor Free School DIY Fest to be held this afternoon

By Mark | April 9, 2011

While I think I’m a little to old, angry and anti-social to participate personally, I thought that I’d pass along the following information about today’s workshops being offered by the folks at the Ann Arbor Free Skool. For those of you unfamiliar with the whole the free skool movement, here’s how the Ann Arbor group […]

Posted in Ann Arbor | Also tagged Ann Arbor Free School, anti-consumerism, Basilosaurus, bike repair, community potlucks, consumerism, DIY, Do-It-Yourself Fest, Dr. Device, free lunch, free school, free skool, Free Speech, Future Genies, Ghoulie, guerrilla gardening, hippies, hippy college town, Luther House, Patrick Elkins, Philip Gingerich, radical sustainability, resources in the community, skill-based workshops, skillshare, social justice, Sustainability, vegan, whales, workshop | 11 Comments

Indian Festival in Ypsilanti

By Mark | September 20, 2009

So, does anyone know what the deal is with this? And, while we’re on the subject, did anyone see that a decision was made to remove the Native American dioramas from U-M’s natural history museum?

Posted in History, Other, Ypsilanti | Also tagged dioramas that offend people, festival, Indian, native american, Riverside Park | 14 Comments

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