By Max Kornetzke, land manager During the winter months of 2024, I worked on clearing a large thicket of invasive glossy buckthorn along our Willow Trail. The previous summer, I […]
Ripples 5/8/25
I often feel as though spring completes the ecological circle in terms of habitat restoration. I live on land that was purchased by my grandfather 80 years ago. Grandpa talked […]
Ripples 10/17/24
By Max Kornetzke, land manager Originally brought to North America as a quick growing hedgerow, common buckthorn (Rhamnus cathartica) is one of the more menacing plants you will encounter invading […]
Ripples 4/14/22
Ripples by Kennedy Zittel, Assistant Naturalist It is finally spring, and that means that it is almost time to start all of those yard work projects that we have […]
Ripples 3/18/21
by Jenna Brandt, Woodland Dunes land management intern It closed in all around us. Sharp thorns, a height of almost six feet, and no way to reach its source without […]
Ripples 8/13/20
Written by Jenna Brandl, summer intern for Woodland Dunes Honeysuckle, horrendous? I wouldn’t have believed it a month ago either. As a Woodland Dunes Land Management intern I often interact […]
