Dead skunk(s)
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- February
- 27
Why is it that skunks always seem to expire, to quote Loudon Wainwright III, “in the middle of the road?”
I spotted three dead ones this morning while driving to work. All were either in an interstate lane or on the double-yellow line. Deer and raccoons, though, always seem to make it to the shoulder. 
February and early March are mating times for skunks, according to the state Department of Environmental Conservation, which explains why they’re out and about now.
To see Wainwright, a one-time Bedford resident, expound on his skunk philosophy, go here.
(Skunk photo by TJN photographer Kathy Gardner.)
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Journal News staff writer Greg Clary writes Earth Watch, reporting on environmental issues in the lower Hudson region. Clary has been a reporter, editor and columnist at the Journal News since 1988 and has covered police and courts, transportation, municipal government, development and the environment in the Lower Hudson Valley, among other topics. 
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Mike Risinit covers Patterson and Kent in Putnam County, as well as environmental topics touching on the Hudson River and the Great Swamp. Risinit has been a reporter at The Journal News since 1998.
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