On Sunday, Dec. 11, U.S. Forest Service Botanist Thomas Rawinski will lead a public walk and educational program, sponsored by the Weston Conservation Commission, on how to identify the extent of deer ...

Thomas Rawinski said botanists are generally not fond of white-tailed deer. “Especially large numbers of them,” he said. “That’s because botanists are usually the first people to see the impacts. The ...

In a sweeping study of a huge swath of Michigan's Upper Peninsula, researchers documented that in many places, the sugar maple saplings that should be thriving following harvesting are instead ending ...