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Celebrate National Pollinator Week!

From mypubliclands: For National Pollinator Week, we’re sharing great photos of the birds and the bees and more! This Tiger Swallowtail butterfly was spotted in the BLM-managed Water Canyon Recreation Area right outside Winnemucca, Nevada by Gretchen Westhoff. You can also visit Explore.org’s Honey Bee Hive on the two Live Cams. Did You Know? “Seven years ago the U.S. Senate’s unanimous

Owl Chat in One Hour! 2 PM Pacific

Ask an expert! Join us for our first live chat of the year with world-renowned owl authority Denver Holt. Denver is the founder of the Owl Research Institute (ORI), which partners with us on our Great Horned Owl Cam. Denver joins us live here to answer your questions TODAY at 2 PM PST/5 PM EST. Tune in and get your questions

Starvation Time

Learn how brown bears survive in spring and what life is like this time of year. From Michael Fitz at Katmai National Park and Preserve: Spring is a season often associated with increasing abundance. Grass blades emerge from the soil. Buds on trees and shrubs swell and burst. Birds return from their wintering grounds. Rivers