https://carolinegrass.com/resume/2025-10-20T04:21:57+00:00weekly0.6https://carolinegrass.com/2025/09/07/lost-lake-and-lost-luggage/https://carolinegrass.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/img_9944-e1757180981915.jpegIMG_9944The sunrise at Lost Lake. https://carolinegrass.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/img_9958-e1757181057255.jpegIMG_9958Views of the Alaska Range past the Tanana River.https://carolinegrass.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/img_9932-e1757181278946.jpegIMG_9932The sun finishes setting at Lost Lake Scout Camp in Sacha, Alaska, outside of Fairbanks.https://carolinegrass.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/img_9969.jpegIMG_9969https://carolinegrass.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/img_9942.jpegIMG_9942Views of the Northern Lights just after midnight, September 4, 2025.https://carolinegrass.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/100_0433_original.jpg100_0433_Originalhttps://carolinegrass.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/img_0968_original-e1757180910802.jpgIMG_0968_OriginalThe group of Alaska Fellows sits and talks in the Honor Lodge at Lost Lake Scout Camp.2025-09-07T18:31:51+00:00monthlyhttps://carolinegrass.com/about-me/2025-08-30T16:37:59+00:00weekly0.6https://carolinegrass.com/my-radio/2025-08-23T18:22:01+00:00weekly0.6https://carolinegrass.com/blog/2025-08-20T22:20:10+00:00weekly0.6https://carolinegrass.com/oxon-hill-md/https://carolinegrass.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/f5c53e_ba1fcebb24d846c2a89da268ccf3c151mv2-1.jpegRoughly 50 swimmers took part in a sunrise swim hosted by WaveOne Open Water on August 7, 2022. The swim practices are held twice a week during the spring and summer off National Harbor in Oxon Hill, Md. The practices allow swimmers a chance to become more comfortable in open water settings and practice their technique. (Photo by Caroline Grass)https://carolinegrass.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/f5c53e_9fd7ac257d1b494181b35c049e0e50bfmv2.jpegRoughly 50 swimmers attend a Wave One Swimming "Sunday Sunrise" practice swim along a 500-yard course on the Potomac River in National Harbor, Md., on Aug. 6, 2022. (Photo by Caroline Grass/Chesapeake Bay Program) https://carolinegrass.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/f5c53e_0cf0ecad142140e597be006960f779abmv2.jpegf5c53e_0cf0ecad142140e597be006960f779ab~mv2https://carolinegrass.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/f5c53e_bee4c84dd17d4372a71e2fb175a269e6mv2.jpegf5c53e_bee4c84dd17d4372a71e2fb175a269e6~mv22025-08-20T21:43:11+00:00weekly0.6https://carolinegrass.com/2022/10/24/tedx-returns-to-ithaca-college/https://carolinegrass.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/image-14.pngimagehttps://carolinegrass.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/image-13.jpegimagehttps://carolinegrass.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/image-12.jpegimageEden Strachan '21, journalist, filmmaker and former Ithaca College Park Scholar, spoke about Black representation in coming-of-age movies in her talk titled "Who Gets to be the Girl Next Door?" (Photo by Caroline Grass/Ithaca College)2025-08-20T21:26:19+00:00monthlyhttps://carolinegrass.com/2022/11/07/cass-park-celebrates-50-years/https://carolinegrass.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/image-13.pngimagehttps://carolinegrass.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/image-12.pngimagehttps://carolinegrass.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/image-11.jpegimageThe Cass Park ice rink has been a staple in the Ithaca community since 1972. The rink was covered but not enclosed until this year through the "Enclose Cass Park Campaign" that started in 2016. (Photo by Caroline Grass/Ithaca College)2025-08-20T21:22:40+00:00monthlyhttps://carolinegrass.com/2022/12/08/being-a-good-neighbor-through-art/https://carolinegrass.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/image-10.jpegimage2025-08-20T21:18:26+00:00monthlyhttps://carolinegrass.com/2023/09/21/mini-grant-program-helps-grassroots-initiatives/https://carolinegrass.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/image-9.jpegimagehttps://carolinegrass.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/image-8.jpegimagehttps://carolinegrass.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/image-7.jpegimageThe Marshy Garden project at the Ithaca Soil Factory is part of the Tompkins Pollinator Pathway. Pathways are pesticide-free corridors to help improve pollinator habitats and can be large areas like parks or small areas like gardens or backyard spaces (Photo by Caroline Grass/Ithaca Week).2025-08-20T21:13:09+00:00monthlyhttps://carolinegrass.com/2023/10/06/ithaca-activists-march-for-climate-change-policies/https://carolinegrass.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/image-11.pngimagehttps://carolinegrass.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/image-6.jpegimagehttps://carolinegrass.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/image-10.pngimagehttps://carolinegrass.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/image-5.jpegActivists who departed from Ithaca share the sign they brought to the March to End Fossil Fuels. (Photo by Caroline Grass/Ithaca Week)2025-08-20T21:07:50+00:00monthlyhttps://carolinegrass.com/2023/10/20/fostering-learning-through-sustainability-and-agriculture-education/https://carolinegrass.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/image-4.jpegimagehttps://carolinegrass.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/image-9.pngimagehttps://carolinegrass.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/image-3.jpegimagehttps://carolinegrass.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/image-2.jpegimageA dozen Ithaca College staff and students volunteered at The Learning Farm October 12, 2023. (Photo by Caroline Grass/Ithaca Week)2025-08-20T21:04:12+00:00monthlyhttps://carolinegrass.com/2023/11/19/groups-work-to-preserve-land-in-the-finger-lakes/https://carolinegrass.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/image-8.pngIthaca Maphttps://carolinegrass.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/image-1.jpegimagehttps://carolinegrass.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/image.jpegBock-Harvey Forest PreserveThe Bock-Harvey Forest preserve, created in 2013, is home to 1/2 mile of the Finger Lakes Trail and a stand of old growth maples that are estimated to be between 250 and 400 years old. (Photo by Caroline Grass/Ithaca Week)2025-08-20T21:01:17+00:00monthlyhttps://carolinegrass.com/my-photography/https://carolinegrass.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/f5c53e_ba1fcebb24d846c2a89da268ccf3c151mv2.jpeghttps://carolinegrass.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/img_0242.jpgIMG_0242https://carolinegrass.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/img_0245.jpgIMG_0245https://carolinegrass.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/20220707-img_0436.jpg2025-08-19T21:28:26+00:00weekly0.6https://carolinegrass.com/my-work/https://carolinegrass.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/screenshot-2025-08-19-at-5.01.57-pm.pngScreenshot 2025-08-19 at 5.01.57 PMhttps://carolinegrass.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/71f09-screen20shot202021-10-2420at209_41_1420pm.pngScreenShot2021-10-24at9_41_14PMhttps://carolinegrass.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/e7526-screen20shot202022-09-0120at209_44_3220pm.pngScreenShot2022-09-01at9_44_32PMhttps://carolinegrass.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/screenshot-2025-08-19-at-4.48.38-pm.pngScreenshot 2025-08-19 at 4.48.38 PMhttps://carolinegrass.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/screenshot-2025-08-15-at-3.08.11-pm.pngScreenshot 2025-08-15 at 3.08.11 PMhttps://carolinegrass.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/screenshot-2025-08-15-at-3.08.05-pm-1.pngScreenshot 2025-08-15 at 3.08.05 PMhttps://carolinegrass.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/screenshot-2025-08-15-at-3.07.59-pm.pngScreenshot 2025-08-15 at 3.07.59 PMhttps://carolinegrass.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/screenshot-2025-08-15-at-3.07.54-pm.pngScreenshot 2025-08-15 at 3.07.54 PMhttps://carolinegrass.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/screenshot-2025-08-15-at-3.04.18-pm.pngScreenshot 2025-08-15 at 3.04.18 PMhttps://carolinegrass.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/screenshot-2025-08-15-at-3.04.09-pm-1.pngScreenshot 2025-08-15 at 3.04.09 PM2025-08-19T21:08:29+00:00weekly0.6https://carolinegrass.com/riverkeeper-network-seeks-to-lift-a-50-year-old-ban-on-swimming-in-d-c/2025-08-19T21:07:39+00:00weekly0.6https://carolinegrass.com/bluemont-va/https://carolinegrass.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/pine.jpgPinehttps://carolinegrass.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/field-2.jpgField 2https://carolinegrass.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/img_0300.jpgIMG_0300https://carolinegrass.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/creek.jpgCreekhttps://carolinegrass.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/yellow-flower.jpgYellow Flowerhttps://carolinegrass.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/beetle-in-tree-2.jpgBeetle in Tree 22025-08-16T18:34:14+00:00weekly0.6https://carolinegrass.com/lancaster-county-pa/https://carolinegrass.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/20220707-img_0496.jpg20220707-IMG_0496Staff from the Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay perform maintenance on a riparian forest buffer that had been planted on the farm of Brian Eckman in Peach Bottom, Pa., on July 7, 2022. The crew straightened the tubes protecting the young trees and fixed stakes that had become loose or broken. “Tree maintenance isn’t just important, it's critical,” said Jim Kauffman, Pennsylvania Forests Project Coordinator for the Alliance. “Ninety percent of trees planted would die without maintenance.” (Photo by Caroline Grass/Chesapeake Bay Program)https://carolinegrass.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/20220707-img_0568.jpg20220707-IMG_0568Staff from the Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay perform maintenance on a riparian forest buffer that had been planted on the farm of Brian Hull in Quarryville, Pa., on July 7, 2022. The crew straightened the tubes protecting the young trees and fixed stakes that had become loose or broken. “Tree maintenance isn’t just important, it's critical,” said Jim Kauffman, Pennsylvania Forests Project Coordinator for the Alliance. “Ninety percent of trees planted would die without maintenance.” (Photo by Caroline Grass/Chesapeake Bay Program)https://carolinegrass.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/20220707-img_0510.jpg20220707-IMG_0510Brittany Smith of the Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay helps perform maintenance on a riparian forest buffer that had been planted on the farm of Brian Eckman in Peach Bottom, Pa., on July 7, 2022. The crew straightened the tubes protecting the young trees and fixed stakes that had become loose or broken. “Tree maintenance isn’t just important, it's critical,” said Jim Kauffman, Pennsylvania Forests Project Coordinator for the Alliance. “Ninety percent of trees planted would die without maintenance.” (Photo by Caroline Grass/Chesapeake Bay Program)https://carolinegrass.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/20220707-img_0420.jpg20220707-IMG_0420Staff from the Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay perform maintenance on a riparian forest buffer that had been planted at Keystone Dairy Ventures LLC in Peach Bottom, Pa., on July 7, 2022. The crew straightened the tubes protecting the young trees and fixed stakes that had become loose or broken. “Tree maintenance isn’t just important, it's critical,” said Jim Kauffman, Pennsylvania Forests Project Coordinator for the Alliance. “Ninety percent of trees planted would die without maintenance.” (Photo by Caroline Grass/Chesapeake Bay Program)https://carolinegrass.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/20220707-img_0377.jpg20220707-IMG_0377Staff from the Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay perform maintenance on a riparian forest buffer that had been planted at Keystone Dairy Ventures LLC in Peach Bottom, Pa., on July 7, 2022. The crew straightened the tubes protecting the young trees and fixed stakes that had become loose or broken. “Tree maintenance isn’t just important, it's critical,” said Jim Kauffman, Pennsylvania Forests Project Coordinator for the Alliance. “Ninety percent of trees planted would die without maintenance.” (Photo by Caroline Grass/Chesapeake Bay Program)https://carolinegrass.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/20220707-img_0379.jpg20220707-IMG_0379Staff from the Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay perform maintenance on a riparian forest buffer that had been planted at Keystone Dairy Ventures LLC in Peach Bottom, Pa., on July 7, 2022. The crew straightened the tubes protecting the young trees and fixed stakes that had become loose or broken. “Tree maintenance isn’t just important, it's critical,” said Jim Kauffman, Pennsylvania Forests Project Coordinator for the Alliance. “Ninety percent of trees planted would die without maintenance.” (Photo by Caroline Grass/Chesapeake Bay Program)https://carolinegrass.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/20220707-img_0359.jpg20220707-IMG_0359Jim Kauffman and Rebecca Lauver of the Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay help perform maintenance on a riparian forest buffer that had been planted at Keystone Dairy Ventures LLC in Peach Bottom, Pa., on July 7, 2022. The crew straightened the tubes protecting the young trees and fixed stakes that had become loose or broken. “Tree maintenance isn’t just important, it's critical,” said Jim Kauffman, Pennsylvania Forests Project Coordinator for the Alliance. “Ninety percent of trees planted would die without maintenance.” (Photo by Caroline Grass/Chesapeake Bay Program)https://carolinegrass.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/20220707-img_0451.jpg20220707-IMG_0451Staff from the Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay perform maintenance on a riparian forest buffer that had been planted at Keystone Dairy Ventures LLC in Peach Bottom, Pa., on July 7, 2022. The crew straightened the tubes protecting the young trees and fixed stakes that had become loose or broken. “Tree maintenance isn’t just important, it's critical,” said Jim Kauffman, Pennsylvania Forests Project Coordinator for the Alliance. “Ninety percent of trees planted would die without maintenance.” (Photo by Caroline Grass/Chesapeake Bay Program)https://carolinegrass.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/20220707-img_0371.jpg20220707-IMG_0371Staff from the Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay perform maintenance on a riparian forest buffer that had been planted at Keystone Dairy Ventures LLC in Peach Bottom, Pa., on July 7, 2022. The crew straightened the tubes protecting the young trees and fixed stakes that had become loose or broken. “Tree maintenance isn’t just important, it's critical,” said Jim Kauffman, Pennsylvania Forests Project Coordinator for the Alliance. “Ninety percent of trees planted would die without maintenance.” (Photo by Caroline Grass/Chesapeake Bay Program)https://carolinegrass.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/20220707-img_0416.jpg20220707-IMG_0416Flood waters fill Conowingo Creek as staff from the Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay perform maintenance on a riparian forest buffer that had been planted at Keystone Dairy Ventures LLC in Peach Bottom, Pa., on July 7, 2022. The crew straightened the tubes protecting the young trees and fixed stakes that had become loose or broken. “Tree maintenance isn’t just important, it's critical,” said Jim Kauffman, Pennsylvania Forests Project Coordinator for the Alliance. “Ninety percent of trees planted would die without maintenance.” (Photo by Caroline Grass/Chesapeake Bay Program)2025-08-16T18:22:00+00:00weekly0.6https://carolinegrass.com/2025/03/30/forest-murmurs-peter-wohlleben-listens-to-trees/https://carolinegrass.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/f5c53e_d26b5d17178f408f8f33664f60f00b0fmv2.pngf5c53e_d26b5d17178f408f8f33664f60f00b0f~mv2https://carolinegrass.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/image-6.pngimagehttps://carolinegrass.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/image-5.pngimage2025-08-16T17:57:35+00:00monthlyhttps://carolinegrass.com/2023/09/08/sciencewriting/https://carolinegrass.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/f617e-f5c53e_3a996571594c401e81d7217f5e3751d3mv2.jpgD.C. FloodingPortions of the Tidal Basin in Washington, D.C., flood daily due to rising water levels stemming from climate change. The flooding is harming the historic cherry blossoms surrounding the basin and visitors cannot walk on sections of paths. (Photo by Caroline Grass/Chesapeake Bay Program)2025-08-15T21:35:54+00:00monthlyhttps://carolinegrass.com/2023/09/10/reflecting-on-the-mobile-and-social-news-landscape/https://carolinegrass.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/screenshot-2025-08-15-at-5.03.25-pm.pngsocial media landscape2025-08-15T21:35:37+00:00monthlyhttps://carolinegrass.com/2023/09/29/with-likely-sale-cayuga-salt-mine-has-an-uncertain-future/https://carolinegrass.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/f5c53e_c2dade95c0094af288268fc4c488ac3fmv2.jpgf5c53e_c2dade95c0094af288268fc4c488ac3f~mv2https://carolinegrass.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/screenshot-2025-08-15-at-5.05.53-pm.pngCayuga LakeA view of Cayuga Lake from Allen H. Treman State Marine Park with the Cayuga Salt Mine in the distance. (Photo by Caroline Grass)2025-08-15T21:35:19+00:00monthlyhttps://carolinegrass.com/2023/10/14/what-is-regenerative-agriculture/https://carolinegrass.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/screenshot-2025-08-15-at-5.09.11-pm.pngGreenhouse Learning FarmThe greenhouse at The Learning Farm in Ithaca, New York. (Photo by Caroline Grass/Ithaca Week)2025-08-15T21:35:04+00:00monthlyhttps://carolinegrass.com/2023/10/15/staying-on-trail-to-protect-the-environment/https://carolinegrass.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/screenshot-2025-08-15-at-5.11.14-pm.pngA sign marking trail options at Catoctin Mountain Park in Thurmont, Maryland. (Photo by Caroline Grass)2025-08-15T21:34:37+00:00monthlyhttps://carolinegrass.com/2023/10/30/looking-closer-at-the-ny-heat-act/https://carolinegrass.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/screenshot-2025-08-15-at-5.13.12-pm.pngScreenshot 2025-08-15 at 5.13.12 PMA gas stovetop. (Raw Pixel/Public Domain)2025-08-15T21:34:25+00:00monthlyhttps://carolinegrass.com/2023/11/09/doing-it-all-the-multimedia-journalist/https://carolinegrass.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/screenshot-2025-08-15-at-5.14.56-pm.pngThe technology given to us for Mobile and Social Journalism during the Fall 2023 semester. Our backpack kits included an iPad mini, tripod, microphone and additional camera lenses (Photo by Caroline Grass). 2025-08-15T21:34:06+00:00monthlyhttps://carolinegrass.com/2023/11/10/tips-to-make-your-backyard-more-wildlife-friendly/https://carolinegrass.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/screenshot-2025-08-15-at-5.18.18-pm.pngA Swallowtail butterfly rests on the trellis in my family's backyard in Virginia (Photo by Caroline Grass).https://carolinegrass.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/image.pngimage2025-08-15T21:33:52+00:00monthlyhttps://carolinegrass.com/2025/03/24/cryptocurrency-an-innovative-currency-or-environmentally-harmful-technology/https://carolinegrass.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/image-4.pngimagehttps://carolinegrass.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/image-3.pngimagehttps://carolinegrass.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/image-2.pngimageThe Greenidge Generation plant sits on the western shore of Seneca Lake (Photo Credit: Julie Jacobson/AP/Shutterstock).https://carolinegrass.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/image-1.pngimage2025-08-15T21:33:22+00:00monthlyhttps://carolinegrass.comdaily1.02025-10-20T04:21:57+00:00