There has been a lot of earth moved on Woodland Drive lately, on a field that has been a part of our preserve for more than 30 years, and I […]
Ripples 7-30-15
Written by Jennifer Powell, Land Management Coordinator for Woodland Dunes Nature Center and Coordinator for the Lakeshore Invasive Species Management Area (LISMA). Many yellow flowers are popping up along roadside […]
Ripples 7-23-15
Written by naturalist intern, Erica Groelle I was asked to raise a few monarch caterpillars for an education program at the Dunes, so I decided that I should probably […]
Ripples 7-9-15
More and more I realize that the notion that my yard, or my house for that matter, is my own is a delusion. Although people dominate the world and the […]
Ripples 6-31-15
Written by naturalist intern Erica Groelle As I was weeding in the Butterfly Garden at the Nature Center one afternoon, I came across several earthworms and thought to myself, “what is […]
Ripples 6-11-15
Written by Alek Henseler, a naturalist intern at Woodland Dunes Late spring is a time marked by rebirth of the animal world, so I should have not been surprised when […]



