Andy Wood

Backdoor Dragon

Andy Wood — Tue, 14 May 2013 11:00:00 +0000

Few of us consider the day-to-day struggle for survival taking place around us—from mice dodging cats under houses to flies writhing in spider webs. The struggle continues in today’s commentary with our environmental expert, Andy Wood.

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Water—A Precious Resource

Andy Wood — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 21:00:22 +0000

We turn on taps and it appears, jump into sparkling pools and it catches us. Too little can dry us into husks and too much can drown us. Water--life on Earth simply would not be without it, yet Commentator Andy Wood suggests we think too little of one of our most precious resources. In this commentary, he helps us get more familiar with that essential liquid and challenges us to learn more.

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Climate Metamorphosis

Andy Wood and Andy — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 12:00:00 +0000

Warm winter days might be a welcomed treat for beach-goers, but for other, tinier Port City residents, they can be a real bugger. Commentator Andy Wood highlights the trouble with these warm days and cold snaps through the life of one brave pupa.

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Invasive Species

Andy Wood — Tue, 04 Dec 2012 12:00:00 +0000

'Tis the season for holiday cheer--a time to celebrate new friends of all stripes. But there's a Port City inhabitant that most would rather not slide up to the dinner table. Like it or not, he could already be on his way. Commentator Andy Wood illuminates the debate over this invasive guest--the Burmese python.

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Frankenstorm

Andy Wood — Tue, 30 Oct 2012 11:00:00 +0000

The Halloween weather dubbed "Frankenstorm" has not yet left its full mark on a region still recovering from the aftermath of last year's Hurricane Irene. Commentary Andy Wood ponders the metaphor this storm provides.

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Porch Frogs

Andy Wood — Tue, 21 Aug 2012 02:42:48 +0000

Commentator Andy Wood kicks back on a hot summer night and enjoys the soundtrack of sunset, as interpreted by hungry porch frogs humming about the colorful food chain in the yard.

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The Ugly Duckling (well, caterpillar)

Andy Wood — Tue, 26 Jun 2012 19:41:04 +0000

Commentator Andy Wood is a lover of all creatures, great and small. One small creature, the hornworm, is too great a lover of his tomatoes--destroying entire plants without mercy. Yet Andy still finds a reason to appreciate the dreaded glutton: it turns into a moth of immense beauty.

Beryl Blessing

Andy Wood — Tue, 05 Jun 2012 12:00:00 +0000

One year ago, our area was parched and thirsty for rain following a rather dry winter, which came on the heels of a dry fall, and a hot (and, you guessed it) dry summer. It was so dry that when lightning struck a tree in Holly Shelter Game Land on June 19th, 2011, not only did a wildfire erupt to engulf trees and shrubs, the 30,000-acre fire also consumed the soil in which the plants were rooted.

A Note from Your Environmental Health Care Provider

Andy Wood — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 12:00:00 +0000

With the 42nd Annual Earth Day just behind us, Commentator Andy Wood has been thinking about not just the health of our planet, but of its people.

Azalea Blooms

Andy Wood — Sun, 25 Mar 2012 14:00:00 +0000

With the Azalea Festival still weeks away, the celebrated flower is already in full bloom. Commentator Andy Wood suggests that this unseasonably early blossoming might have a good deal to say about climate change.