Articles by Local Authors

PEEC Speaks is our monthly column in the Los Alamos Monitor.

2011

• Flowers Are Red, Grasses Are Green: Creativity in Science and Art
  By Terry Foxx, March 2011
• How Do We Grow Green Adults?
  By Katie Watson, April 2011
• Fire Recovery: Hope Where There Is Hopelessness
  By Terry Foxx, July 2011
• What a Difference a Little Rain Makes
  By Terry Foxx, October 2011

2010

• Citizen Scientists Welcome Here
  By Dorothy Hoard, February 2010
• Can Los Alamos Families Grow Their Own Food Year-round?
  By Marion Good and Martha Davis, March 2010
• The Healing Power of the Outdoors
  By Terry Foxx, April 2010
• Outdoor Education - Why it Matters
  By Terry Foxx, May 2010
• Questions About Butterflies
  By Terry Foxx & Rebecca Shankland, June 2010
• Getting Past "Yuck"
  By Jennifer Macke, August 2010

2009

• Learning from Children: The Importance of Outdoor Education and Leadership
  By Elena Gustafson, January 2009
• It Always Pays to Look at Raptors
  By Bernard Foy, February 2009
• Wind Energy and LA Green
  By Felicia Orth, April 2009
• Wildlife Visitors
  By Rebecca Shankland and Branden Willman-Kozimor, August 2009
• PEEC's Kinnikinnick Club Campaigns for Reusable Bags
  By Melanie Boncella, September 2009
• What Can We Learn from Studying Bird Migration?
  By Angelica Hernandez and Rafael Paredes, October 2009
• Has Climate Change Affected Flowers?
  By Chick Keller, November 2009
• Twelve Ideas for Greening the Holidays
  By Becky Shankland and Branden Willman-Kozimor, December 2009

2008

• What Can We Learn from Wildlife?
  By Rebecca Shankland, July 2008
• Using a Garden as a Classroom
  By Branden Willman-Kozimor, September 2008

Tom Jervis lived in Los Alamos and enjoys hiking in the area. He is a keen observer of the forest and its ecosystem.

• The North Bayo Bench Trail
• Rio Grande Silvery Minnow Gets a Reprieve
• Take a Walk, Learn a Little Forest Ecology

Becky Shankland is a retired high school English teacher and an avid naturalist.

• Flower Fireworks for the Fourth of July July 1999
• Thanks for the Grasses November 1999
• What are the Flowers Doing to Celebrate? Earth Day 2000
• Post-Fire Flowers of Bandelier June 2000
• Wildflowers Respond to Fire August 2000
• Winter Skeletons February 2000
• Shadows on the Snow January 2001
• Weeds: Wonderful or Woeful? April 2001
• The Season for Seeds October 2001
• An Armchair Tour of White Rock Canyon Earth Day 2003
• A Walk in the Woods September 2003

Chick Keller is a physicist who has been writing and speaking on topics about nature for many years.

• Celebrate Vultures January 2002
• It's Penstemon Time in Los Alamos May 30, 2008

John Bartlit is a chemical engineer who, for over 30 years, has written a biweekly column in the Los Alamos Monitor on issues of clean air and water.

• Environmental Activist Wins Peace Prize, October 2004
• PEEC's Work Adds to Local Assets October 2004
• Silvery Minnow a Warning Sign for All December 2002
• Sweeping Vistas Can Be Saved With Effort November 2001

Dorothy Hoard has written extensively about local plants, petroglyphs, and more.

• Planning PEEC's Butterfly Garden, Spring 2010
• Building PEEC's Butterfly Garden, Fall 2010