Where are the Savanna Birds?
October 31, 2019
A third of a century ago, savannas were considered to be merely transition zones, viewed as either thinly wooded prairie... Read More →
The Habitat’s All Gone
October 28, 2019
It’s steep, I think, as I scan a faint overgrown path that leads straight up the bluff. “We’re going to... Read More →
Managed Succession
October 24, 2019
Biologically, the term succession refers to a shift in plant and animal communities over time. For example, if you stop... Read More →
Pleistocene Park: A Large-Scale Restoration, Part II
August 29, 2019
Last week’s blog introduced Pleistocene Park and concluded with a hint that mammoth were an especially important component of the... 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 →
Sowing Seeds for the Future
April 29, 2019
Bathed in the dim blue light of the computer monitor, I clumsily search for keyboard letters with my swollen fingers.... Read More →
Building Better Shrike Habitat
April 25, 2019
Iowa City finished construction of the South Sycamore Outlet Wetlands in 2001 and planted it in 2002-03. Early in 2003... Read More →
It’s All Connected
January 14, 2019
The Sycamore Greenway is not just a scenic trail flanked by amazing habitat that is home to hundreds of bird,... Read More →
