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Today I decided to go out mountain biking on a fairly short trail known as the Bicentennial Trail near my house. The first thing I noticed was that there were many small leaves on the trees, especially on the beech trees, and also leaves now growing on many small bushes and shrubs. A lot of the trail was up hill, and a bit hard to ride on, especially on the cheap mountain bike I was riding today, so I ended having to walk the bike for parts of it, but that gave me more time to enjoy and look at the scenery. I ended up stopping at a rather large cliff to explore around. I walked to the bottom of the cliff, and noticed that the side of it had a rather large cave that seemed to be used as shelter for some of the wildlife, based on the porcupine droppings I noticed inside of it. I then continued biking, and had to bike through a granite boulder field, that was most likely deposited there during the last ice age. I continued riding, and as the elevation changed, I found myself in rather fla...

To get away from the stresses of finals week I decided to go to this little hidden trail that takes you to a complete secluded bend in the Souhegan River, a large river that flows through my town, and I believe feeds out into the Merrimack River. I tend to go here a lot when I am having problems, as I find it to be a very good place to examine my thoughts and let myself truly be at peace. It's a 16 mile round trip bike ride to it, which I normally take, because I like the added exercise and fresh air that riding a bicycle, typically on back roads and dirt roads, gives me. When I was at this place, I sat on the low lying dead limb of a large tree, and watched the river go by. I also walked along the river on the sandy shore of it, which was submerged by flooded water from the snow the last time I was there a week or so ago. I was happy to see the vegetation finally growing for the spring, and the plants that normally grow and cover the river bank finally starting to appear for the y...

(Not Done) I chose to research the Spotted Turtle ( Clemmys guttata ) for my endangered species project. The spotted turtle is a species of turtle native along the East Coast of the United States, and around the Great Lakes region. It prefers a wetland or woodland habitat, a type of habitat that is unfortunately becoming more and more destroyed by human activities. This turtle is very recognizable by the noticeable yellow spots on it's otherwise all black shell, and also on it's head, neck and feet. This species of turtle, the only species in the genus Clemmys , is rather small, only measuring up to 3.5-5 inches in length. I chose to research this species because I especially love the species native to wetlands and forests around New England and the regions surrounding it, and have heard of this endangered species before through school and summer camps.   

My Favorite Place in Nature By Daniel Herrero My favorite place in nature is the system of trails that go through forests, streams, rivers, marshes and ponds in my town of Amherst New Hampshire, and in the towns surrounding it. One of my favorite things to do in the Spring, Summer and Fall is to walk down these trails with my dog, and just take in the sights, sounds and smells of the forest, especially in the Spring months when everything is finally starting to turn green, and you can hear the chirping of songbirds carry through the fresh spring air. I often find myself writing poetry and taking photography while I am at these places, and find refuge from all the stresses of the busy chaoticness of life there. I will often just sit and relax on a fallen log and lose myself in deep thought, far from the reach of any problems that I may have left back in the urban world. I find myself to feel very protective over these places in nature, and greatly fear the fact that these forests...

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