Skunk cabbage blooms are a stinky herald of spring

Monday, April 6, 2015 - 07:00 in Earth & Climate

I love the smell of skunk in early spring. That sulfur smell tells me that the snow is melting, the sun is rising higher into the sky, and soon a carpet of wildflowers will paint the forest floor in white, purple and pink.

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