Celebrating Conservation and Music at Music on the Prairie
July 11, 2019
By the time Music on the Prairie started on Saturday at Belgum Grove, the humidity had dissipated, and the heat... Read More →
Patterns and Serendipity
July 8, 2019
Summer on the Greenway is such a fast-moving, blink-and-you-may-miss-it extravaganza of life. Every week there are new flowers blooming and... Read More →
Islands, Cores, and Corridors III: Today
July 4, 2019
Corridors are proving to often be more difficult to create, manage, or preserve than cores because they so often involve... Read More →
Nature’s Tool Box
July 1, 2019
It’s one of those rare August days with low humidity and a cool breeze blowing from the north. I’m driving... Read More →
Islands, Cores, and Corridors II: 1992-1994
June 27, 2019
Until 1992 there was no organized concept plan available to deal with the realities that most conservation lands were biological... Read More →
It’s ‘The Prairie Naturalist’ Too
June 24, 2019
My current job title is “Director of Science,” which I have to admit is a pretty cool title. It’s almost... Read More →
Islands, Cores, and Corridors: A History Part I
June 20, 2019
If you were to attend a meeting of folks whose whole career was conservation – for example at the Society... Read More →
A Brief Encounter with a Gem of a Fly
June 17, 2019
Tiny, jewel-toned fly. I pause to inspect you as you pause on a leaf, to my eye not doing much... Read More →
Black Locust: A Woodland Invasive
June 13, 2019
Black locust is probably a native of somewhere in the Appalachians. The uncertainty is because it’s hard and heavy wood... Read More →
Trails Everywhere!
June 10, 2019
Did you catch the recent announcement by the Rails to Trails Conservancy about plans for a cross-country trail system called... Read More →
