Spotlight Species on the Refuge: Red Fox

Spotlight Species on the Refuge: Red Fox

Spotlight Species: Red Fox | Article by Dan R. Kunkle | Photos by Dave Levandusky |  The following article is from Winter 2015/16 issue of Wildlife Activist. Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes) The Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes) is familiar to people throughout the Northern Hemisphere,...

River Days at LGNC

River Days at LGNC

River Days at Lehigh Gap Nature Center | by Dan R. Kunkle | photos by Amber Breiner | Lehigh Gap Nature Center (LGNC) has been participating and helping to lead a network of environmental centers throughout the Delaware River Watershed as we work to improve the...

5 Years Ago and Back to the Future

5 Years Ago and Back to the Future

Five Years Ago and Back to the Future: How the Lehigh Gap Restoration Project Turned Around A Stalled Superfund Initiative | By Robert E. Hoopes | The following article is from Spring 2007 issue of Wildlife Activist. It is hard to believe that five years have passed...

Ecological Succession at the Lehigh Gap

Ecological Succession at the Lehigh Gap

Ecological Succession and the Lehigh Gap | by Dan R. Kunkle | The following article is from Summer 2004 issue of Wildlife Activist. Succession is an important ecological concept. It refers to the gradual, predictable changes that occur in the flora and fauna of a...

Watching Grass Grow II

Watching Grass Grow II

Watching Grass Grow II | By Dan R. Kunkle | The following article was first published in the Fall 2003 issue of Wildlife Activist. With the onset of cooler weather and several heavy frosts in early October, the first season of growth has ended for the grasses on our...

Watching Grass Grow

Watching Grass Grow

Watching Grass Grow: Update on the Restoration Process at Lehigh Gap | by Dan R. Kunkle | The following article was first published in the Summer 2003 issue of Wildlife Activist. Watching grass grow is a metaphor for the dull and the boring.  But watching grass grow...

A Decade of Research

A Decade of Research

A Decade of Research and Restoration at Lehigh Gap Wildlife Refuge | by Diane W. Husic, Ph.D. | The following article was originally published in the Summer 2013 issue of Wildlife Activist. Editor’s note: Diane is the vice-president of our Board of Directors and the...