Bob Anderson, The Falcon Man
September 27, 2018 6:00 pm Leave your thoughtsIf you dig back behind environmental success stories, there is often one person whose efforts were the main driving force,... Read More →
Author Archives for Lon Drake
About Lon Drake
This old guy's favorite large-scale conservation projects include integrating soils, water, plants, and animals, especially native species. I still bike through my South Sycamore stormwater management system from 2001.
How Do Birds Survive the Storms?
September 20, 2018 6:00 pm 1 CommentOn early evening of August 28, an aggressive storm passed through southwestern Johnson County. On the radar images it included... Read More →
Eric’s Question About Hummingbirds
September 13, 2018 6:00 pm Leave your thoughtsResponding to my hummingbird story, Infatuated with Hummingbirds, Eric Miller asked why only one species was in the eastern USA.... Read More →
Free Range Children
September 6, 2018 6:00 pm Leave your thoughtsFor the past forty or so years, researchers who study the outdoor play and learning of children have noted the... Read More →
Wetlands for Water Cleanup
August 30, 2018 6:00 pm Leave your thoughtsFor centuries, in the Western world, swamps have had a negative reputation, and this still carries over in our language... Read More →
Our Ecosystem Moving North
August 23, 2018 6:00 pm Leave your thoughtsBack in the 1970s, I started taking my kids canoeing in the Boundary Waters Wilderness of northern Minnesota. Driving north... Read More →
Another Armadillo
August 16, 2018 6:00 pm 4 CommentsYou might recall that I offered an article in the January 2016 issue of Heritage, Bur Oak Land Trust’s environmental... Read More →
Dodder, A Unique Plant
August 9, 2018 6:00 pm 3 CommentsOccasionally, when out walking through a prairie or a weedy lot, you will find a patch of plants that look... Read More →
An Imperial Moth
August 2, 2018 6:00 pm 2 CommentsWhile out for a walk through my butterfly plantation in the July twilight, I thought I saw a large yellow... Read More →
Unlikely Havens
July 26, 2018 6:00 pm Leave your thoughtsAs I’ve mentioned previously, during the summer of 1965 I was employed as a mineral collector and fossil hunter for... Read More →
