Early fall is a special time in terms of wildlife and habitat. Animals are moving or preparing for winter, and plants are either storing energy and nutrients or producing fruit […]
Ripples 9-3-15
The cool spring and early summer and adequate rain have been a benefit to native grassland habitats in our area. Often these prairie plantings seem to be at peak bloom […]
Ripples 8-20-15
Monarch Butterfly Release Written by Corrissa Frank, Marketing and Development Coordinator One morning, Jim, the Executive Director approached me and said, “Corrissa, would you like to come with us to […]
Ripples 5-28-15
What a sweet time of year, not only in terms of lilac-scented air but beautiful melodies from dozens of kinds of birds in our yards and at least an occasional […]
Ripples 5-14-15
For those of us who plant, be it shrubs and wildflowers or petunias in the backyard, spring is the time when our rewards are reaped. Restoration ecologists hold their breath […]
Bird Breakfast and Grosbeaks Galore
Ah, Spring. There is nothing more satisfying to me than planting- flowers, vegetables, trees, shrubs- anything. Not that I have any great skill at it, and I know I don’t […]
