April/May 2025

1. the long-term weather pattern in a region
3. a specialist in the care and maintenance of trees
6. a small remaining quantity of something
7. seasonal movement of people or animals from one region to another
9. a group of living organisms consisting of similar individuals capable of exchanging genes
11. to get someone to join something
13. the natural home or environment of an animal, plant, or other organism
14. a narrow shelf, path, or ledge typically at the top or bottom of a slope
15. trees or plants found in a particular area or habitat

2. a species can no longer be found in a region where it once lived in
4. a family of young animals, especially of a bird, produced at one hatching or birth
5. all the visible features of an area or countryside
8. a short trip usually made for leisure, education, or physical purposes
10. a bacterium, virus, or other microorganism that can cause disease
12. the immature, wingless, and often wormlike form of an insect
14. a large semiaquatic broad-tailed rodent that is native to North America and northern Eurasia