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  • The sun sets over the Queensborough Bridge, New York City. Image credit: Chris Goldberg. CC BY-NC 2.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/, via Flickr

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  • Corn plants growing up through soybean stubble. Photo by Jason Johnson, USDA NRCS Iowa, CC-BY-2.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/

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  • A 2011 controlled burn in a tan oak gathering area creates defensible space below a nearby home while increasing the quality of the acorns by interrupting the life cycle of the acorn weevil. Image: Mid Klamath Watershed Council. Used with permission

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  • Old Harbor Life-Saving Station, Cape Cod National Seashore, Massachusetts. Photo by JCefaly, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=21669809