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Conservation Corner - Betsy Burdett

Why do we do what we do?

“Why?” may be the longest lasting question we’ll ever ask during our short time on earth. I hope that we’ll get a glimpse of the ... Read more

by Betsy Burdett, Friday, April 14, 2023 8:00 am

Conservation Corner - Betsy Burdett

The gifts we give

It is interesting that we often learn more from our children than we thought possible, considering the fact that we old folks have had so ... Read more

by Betsy Burdett, Wednesday, March 1, 2023 11:02 am

Conservation Corner - Betsy Burdett

Chickens lay; people lie

My mother was an English major in college, so this was her immediate response when one of us children would use either “lay” or “lie” ... Read more

by Betsy Burdett, Thursday, January 26, 2023 8:00 am

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What does soil type tell us?

Some of our regular readers may have noticed that I didn’t write a Conversation Corner last month. Of course, I was full of good intentions, ... Read more

by Betsy Burdett, Wednesday, December 28, 2022 12:33 pm

Conservation Corner - Betsy Burdett

Managing forests to maximize benefits and renewability

Everything we consume comes from the earth. Some consumables are easily stored while others perish or dissipate quickly. Some consumables are renewable over days, months, ... Read more

by Betsy Burdett, Monday, October 31, 2022 2:42 pm

Conservation Corner - Betsy Burdett

What am I supposed to do?

In my last Conservation Corner, I told you that this month I’d come up with some positive actions that we can all take in order ... Read more

by Betsy Burdett, Friday, September 30, 2022 11:13 am

Conservation Corner - Betsy Burdett

You snooze, you lose

Every month I struggle with finding a topic for my column, yet I always come up with something, usually based on something that happened in ... Read more

by Betsy Burdett, Thursday, September 1, 2022 8:00 am

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God created the Earth

Once again I will bring up my mother, and the things that she taught me as a child. As you might imagine, I was not ... Read more

by Betsy Burdett, Wednesday, July 27, 2022 10:41 am

Conservation Corner - Betsy Burdett

Let’s put on our rabbit eyes

I’ll begin this column by telling you about one of the lessons I learned from the 22 summers spent at Camp Glen Arden. When our ... Read more

by Betsy Burdett, Monday, June 27, 2022 10:04 am

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Property rights stop (and start) at the property line

We live in a time when nearly all of us feel over-regulated by some ‘higher’ authority when it comes to what we can or cannot ... Read more

by Betsy Burdett, Tuesday, May 31, 2022 12:57 pm

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