11/20/04 Take a Picture Tour ... A Walk in the Woods
Take a virtual hike through the woods of west Alabama. See pictures of the 2004 Fall colors. See pictures from 2003.

09/04 Take a Picture Tour ... Tour Alabama's Summer Wildflowers
See pictures of some of Alabama's summer wildflowers ... including Jewel Weed, Rosinweed, Butterfly Pea, Ironweed, Obediant Plant, Goldenrod, Mountain Mint and Blue Curls ... click here

4/16/04 Take a Picture Tour ... Tour Alabama's Spring Wildflowers
Alabama's is home to hundreds of wildflowers. Here's a few that you might be able to find around your house and a few surprises as well. Click here for pictures of Fire Pink, Foamflower, Chickweed, Coreopsis, Shooting Stars and Blue Phlox.

7/7/03 Take a Picture Tour ... See Alabama's Summer Wildflowers
Our first Alabama wildflower picture tour was so popular that we've done another. You can also learn the answer to our "mystery flower" from the Spring tour. See Bee Balm, Bog Torch, Queen Anne's Lace, Lemon Mint, Black Eyed Susan and others ... click here for more.

6/25/03 A Guide to a Better Backyard ... Plant an Alabama Butterfly Garden
If you want to attract butterflies to your garden, you'll need flowers with lots of nectar. Any fragrant, nectar rich plant will lure butterflies. But if you are serious about encouraging butterflies to spend most of their time in your yard, you’ll also need the host plant ... click here for more.

6/3/03 Outdoors Feature ... Bubba's in the Deep Freeze
The only known Alabama sturgeon died in captivity last summer. Bubba was the last fish of his kind to be seen in the Alabama river since 1999. However, his legacy lives on ... click here for more.

4/14/03 Take a Picture Tour ... The Blue Ridge Parkway and the Great Smoky Mountains
Take a driving and hiking picture tour from the Blue Ridge Parkway and the Great Smoky Mountains in western North Carolina. See Looking Glass Rock, Devil's Courthouse and other hidden treasures ... click here

4/14/03 Guide to a Better Backyard - Plant a Garden that's "For The Birds"
You can attract birds to your yard by placing bird feeders, bird baths and nest boxes in your garden. But you can double the number of species using your property by adding a bird habitat. Click here for a list of plants that thrive in Alabama and some of the birds they will attract.

4/1/03 Take a Picture Tour ... Take a Tour of Alabama's Spring Wildflowers
This picture tour features some of the numerous rare and common Alabama wildflowers that can be found this time of year ... if you know where to look! ... click here for more.

3/17/03 Guide to a Better Backyard - Extra Calcium Builds Strong Birds
One of the many ways you can assist your backyard birds all spring and summer is to put out eggshells. Calcium is important to birds, especially when females are producing eggs and when both parents are raising nestlings ... click here to learn more.