Grace McGregor

Prior to the conservation movement that grew popular during the progressive era, many Americans did not find themselves very concerned with the wellbeing of the local flora and fauna. Holiday bird hunting was just one tradition ingrained in American society that epitomized this lack of concern for the environment. This “festive” tradition known as the Christmas “side hunt” was an annual game in which participants were divided into teams and were commended for killing the highest amount of quarry...

Nature photography is no longer confined to the pages of National Geographic or captured by the likes of Ansel Adams; the advent of social networking brings a new way for each of us to capture the world around us. Launched in 2008, iNaturalist is an online social network that allows users to record their observations of flora and fauna, ask for help identifying those images, and view the observations of other iNaturalist users. In the early stages of the application, users only depended on ident...

On Saturday, May 25th, Palmetto Bay residents and other Miami natives gathered at the Deering Estate to honor and remember our veterans in the inaugural Palmetto Bay @Deering Memorial Day Celebration. The commemoratory event was the result of a collaboration between the Deering Estate, the Deering Foundation, and the Village of Palmetto Bay. When asked why Deering was the perfect location for a Memorial Day celebration, Veterans Park Advisory Committee member Thomas Frank stated, “It’s centrally...