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Newspaper/magazine/on-line articles, author bio & photo for Kathy Biggs and her Bigsnest Wildlife Pond

There’s More Than Meets the Eye to Dragonflies
On-line article and sound clips used in radio program by Bruce Robinson, News Director, North Bay Public Media for Radio station KRCB in Sonoma County, Calif. - published on June 23, 2016.

Call her dragonfly lady: Northern California woman wrote the book on colorful insects
On-line article by Tim Holt, Special to the Record Searchlight (Redding, CA) - published on Monday, May 6, 2013
with color photos of of a Cardinal Meadowhawk, Kathy Biggs and a Black Petaltail by Ray Bruun.

Dragonfly Life Cycle and Metamorphosis
On-line article by Kathy Biggs Citizen Scientists League December 15, 2011 with photos by Kathy & Dave Biggs.

Telling the good bugs from the bad.
in the column The Dirt in the San Francisco Chronicle by Joe Eaton & Ron Sullivan.
Sunday, November 28, 2010 with color photos of Common Dragonflies of California and a photo by Dave Biggs of a Flame Skimmer.

Tie Your Pond in with the Rest of Your Yard by Kathy Biggs
On-line article in the WGI [Water Gardens International], Part 4 of a 4-part series on Building Ponds for Wildlife
February 2010.

Where the Wild Things Are, Create a haven for wildlife in your own backyard by Tamara Kilbane in Ponds & Water Gardens USA 2010-2011.

Maintaining a Wildlife Pond by Kathy Biggs
On-line article in the WGI [Water Gardens International], Part 3 of a 4-part series on Building Ponds for Wildlife
February 2010.

How to Design the Wildlife Pond by Kathy Biggs
On-line article in the WGI [Water Gardens International], Part 2 of a 4-part series on Building Ponds for Wildlife
February 2010.

Why Build a Pond for Wildlife? by Kathy Biggs
On-line article in the WGI [Water Gardens International], Part 1 of a 4-part series on Building Ponds for Wildlife
November 2009.

From Pool to Pond in the column The Dirt in the San Francisco Chronicle by Joe Eaton & Ron Sullivan. Sunday, September 27, 2009 with color photos (enlargeable on website) and a side bar mentioning Common Dragonflies of California.

Garden Friends: Dragonflies, Damselflies Eat Pests & Add Interest, May 23, 2009 by Laura Cristman, in the Redding Record Searchlight (daily newspaper). Front page of Home and Garden section, with photos by Ray Bruun.

Dragonflies at the Water Garden
By Kathy Biggs
- WGI (Water Gardening International) Online, Volume 4 Number 2, Journal May, 2009

Wildlife Ponder and Dragonfly Expert - Kathy Biggs
By Kathy Biggs
- WGI (Water Gardening International) Online, Volume 4 Number 2, Journal May, 2009

Winging it: Mid-day hunt offers glimpse of odd bug-eyed world, May 23, 2009 by Laura Cristman, in the Redding Record Searchlight (daily newspaper). Lower front page of Home and Garden section

Go wild: Create a yard that draws birds, butterflies and bees, April 7, 2009 by Laura Cristman, in the Redding Record Searchlight (daily newspaper). Front page of Home and Garden section

Dragonfly expert branches out to create wildlife ponds, September 4 - 11, 2003 by Dawn Pillsbury in the Sonoma West Times and News. Front page with photos.

Dragonflies flutter by, Thursday, September 04, 2003 in the Marin Independent Journal, by Rick Polito, IJ reporter. Front cover of Lifestyles section with color photos and side bar mentioning Common Dragonflies of California. Article about dragonfly watching and Bob Behrstock [referred to by IJ reporter by Kathy Biggs].

With flying colors: Woman's interest in dragonflies blossomed into a career Friday, August 22, 2003, by M.V. Wood, Special to The San Francisco Chronicle. . Front page of "People" section, with color photos (enlargeable on website) and a side bar mentioning Common Dragonflies of California.

KATHY BIGGS - PIONEER IN POPULAR DRAGONFLY IDENTIFICATION - Summer 2003, Volume 36, Number 9 - by Betty Burridge in The Madrone Leaves, the official newsletter of the Madrone Audubon Society chapter (Santa Rosa, CA).

A Liquid Noah's Ark - June, 2003 - by Tim Matson in Audubon Magazine, "Backyard" section. Pages 83-86 with color photos of Bigsnest Wildlife Pond by Kathy Biggs and Nancy Bauer and photo of Exclamation Damsel by Robert Behrstock. Side bar mentions Kathy Biggs and "Common Dragonflies of California."

Lair of the dragonfly - Summer 2003 - by Christy Counch in Homestead Magazine, published by JOHN DEERE ppg. 16-18 with color photos of Bigsnest Wildlife Pond, Kathy Biggs, Widow Skimmer, pond plants and Kathy & Dave Biggs on their patio. Article mentions Common Dragonflies of California, Common Dragonflies of the South West and the CA Dragonfly Website.

Enthusiasts go into the bogs in search of the elusive dragonfly - Sunday, September 09, 2002 - by Heather Hacking in the (Chico) The Enterprise Record. Front page with color photos (Sunday Spotlight) with side bar mentioning Kathy Biggs and "Common Dragonflies of California."

Mesmerized by dragonflies, new book tells all - Friday, June 07, 2002 - by Heather Hacking in (Chico) The Enterprise Record.

Dragonflies make guest appearance at concerts - Saturday, July 13, 2002 - by Rae Packhard in the Hi-Desert Star newspaper, Yucca Valley

Dragonfly site specific to California - Sunday, May 12, 2002 - by Thom Gabrukiewicz in the "Outdoors Web" section of the Redding Record Searchlight.
In the same issue see "Here's an ode to the Odonata's, or dragonflies" by Bruce Deuel

Pond Jewelry - Bay Area draws many species of dragonflies - Thursday, May 9, 2002 (start on front page of Bay Area Living with more text and a further B&W photo on p. 6) - By Monique Beeler, (with 3 color photos by D. Ross Cameron) The Oakland Tribune, Oakland

Natural Gardening - Attracting Aerial Acrobats to Your Yard - Vol 40 no. 3, pg. 14-15, April/May 2002 - (with color photo) By Cynthia Berger National Wildlife Magazine, the National Wildlife Federation

Slide show should shed light on sex-crazed bugs - Friday, September 28, 2001 - (with color photo) By Tim Omarzu The Union, Grass Valley

Wings of color, learning: Dragonflies are easy to find, but not so easy to identify. - Sunday, September 16, 2001 - (start on front page of local news section continued inside section with a black and white photo of a spreadwing) By Christine Vovakes, Bee Correspondent Sacramento Bee

Prima lake, Siskiyou County spot boasts good fishing, ancient insects - Sunday, August 12, 2001 - (teaser on front page, article back page "Outdoors" of Sports section with color photos) By Thom Gabrukiewicz Redding Record Searchlight

Two rare dragonfly species found at Gumboot Lake - Friday, August 10, 2001 - (Bottom third of front page with color photo) By Lori Sellstrom Siskiyou Daily News

Gumboot Lake is home to rare dragonflies - August 02, 2001 - (p.9, 1st section with B&W photo) By Kenneth Dailey Mt. Shasta News Herald

Dragonfly Obsession - Sebastopol author details insects' lives in new guidebook - Thursday, July 7, 2001 - (Front page of Getting Out section) By GEORGE LAUER THE PRESS DEMOCRAT (Santa Rosa)

Dragonflies... for a Change of Pace
By Kathy Biggs
- From the Spring 2001 issue of BEC (Butte Environmental Council) Environmental News