Jaymee Squires
Graduate Programs Director. Jaymee heads up graduate studies at Walking Mountains, she is a whiz with edible plants and enjoys reading, hiking, camping, canoeing and being outside.
Recent Posts
Look! Up in the sky! It’s a bird, it’s a plane, no, it’s a catkin! A what? Yes, the catkins are coming, but what are they? Think you’ve never seen a catkin? You’re probably wrong. That’s because they..
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Topics: Curious Nature
If you’ve noticed a lot of robins around this winter, you’re not alone. Journey North, an online network where citizen scientists report bird activity, has had more than 400 reports of unusual robin..
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Topics: Curious Nature, Birding
The natural world is the ideal place for scavenger hunts of all shapes, sizes, and formats. See below for a series of easy fun scavenger hunts to have with your family while out and about in nature..
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Topics: Curious Nature, Family Activities, Kids Activities
Geocaching is the exciting new adventure game where players venture out into the wilderness in search of caches hidden and marked by their GPS coordinates. Geocachers usually start by looking for..
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Topics: Curious Nature, Family Activities, Kids Activities
Lodgepole Pine Pollen Creates Yellow Dust Clouds in Vail
Posted by
Jaymee Squires on Jun 10, 2011 2:15:53 PM
Spring is in the air in many ways right now, but that’s not always a good thing. Even as we stroll peacefully along with the scents of springtime sailing around, we are often blissfully ignorant of..
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Topics: Curious Nature
Wildlife sightings can be such fleeting experiences. My husband is much better at spotting animals than I am, and he often astounds me by pointing out bighorn sheep from the highway that are just a..
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Topics: Curious Nature