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- Blowing Against the Wind?
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- Join Us For The Platte River Prairies Field Day: July 12, 2013
- Keeping a Low Profile in the Spring
- Photo of the Week – May 9, 2013
- A Prickly Confrontation
- Photo of the Week – May 2, 2013
- Capturing Post-Wildfire Recovery Through Timelapse Photography
- A Dandy Little Predator
- A Prairie Ecologist’s Perspective on Arbor Day
- Photo of the Week – April 25, 2013
- Tuning Into Fire Frequency
- Photo of the Week – April 18, 2013
- The Annual Grassland Restoration Network Workshop – Coming to A Prairie Near You (If You’re Near Columbia, Missouri)
- A Weekend Walk in the Woods
- Photo of the Week – April 11, 2013
- An Ill Wind…
- Is Poison Hemlock Repelled By Plant Diversity? Early Results Say Yes
- Photo of the Week – April 5, 2013
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Join Us For The Platte River Prairies Field Day: July 12, 2013
Come spend a day on the Platte River Prairies! Our annual open house/field day, just south of Wood River, Nebraska, will provide opportunities to hike the prairies with a variety of grassland experts. – Learn about prairie reptiles and amphibians … Continue reading
A Prairie Ecologist’s Perspective on Arbor Day
Today is National Arbor Day - a holiday initiated by J. Sterling Morton right here in my home state of Nebraska. The idea of Arbor Day is to encourage the planting of trees. However, as a prairie ecologist, I spend considerable effort trying to … Continue reading
Photo of the Week – April 11, 2013
Sometimes, you can see a lot by just sitting down. I carved out some time in the field last Friday to collect data on poison hemlock in our research plots. After finishing that, I had about half an hour before I needed to head … Continue reading
An Ill Wind…
You know, it’s not hard to grow native plants in a greenhouse. We’ve had pretty good luck over the years… But that assumes that you HAVE a greenhouse. Which we did – until early this morning, when a grain bin … Continue reading
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Tagged crew quarters, platte river prairies, roof, shop, storm damage, the nature conservancy
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Prairies Forever? Collaborative Conservation for Pheasants, Pollinators, and People.
Effective prairie conservation requires a collaborative effort among a wide variety of interests, including ecologists, naturalists, birdwatchers, ranchers, educators, hunters, and others. Each of these might approach prairie conservation from a different perspective, but they have more in common than … Continue reading
Posted in General, Prairie Management, Prairie Natural History, Prairie Restoration/Reconstruction
Tagged collaboration, CRP, grassland, hunters, hunting, nebraska, partnership, pete berthelsen, pheasant hunting, pheasants forever, pollinators, prairie, prairie conservation, prairie restoration, the nature conservancy
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Photo of the Week – February 21, 2013
This photo reminds me of something, but I can’t figure out what it is. Help? The photo shows melting snow crystals around the edge of some prairie grass. You can’t see the grass because I focused in very closely on … Continue reading
Posted in General, Prairie Photography
Tagged frost, grassland, ice pattern, macro photo, melting snow, prairie, snow crystals, winter
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Photo of the Week – February 8, 2013
I just got back from a trip through the Nebraska Sandhills. The trip included a brief stop at the beautiful Switzer Ranch – home of Calamus Outfitters, a ranch family-owned business providing opportunities for bird watching, hunting, river floating, photography, … Continue reading
Posted in General, Prairie Animals, Prairie Natural History, Prairie Photography
Tagged blowout, calamus outfitters, mammal, nebraska, prairie, sandhills, switzer ranch, tracks
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Photo of the Week – January 31, 2013
Another photo from the archives this week – June, 1996, in fact. These cottonwood leaves were lying on the sandy bank of a small stream at The Nature Conservancy’s Niobrara Valley Preserve. A cluster of leaves had fallen from a … Continue reading
Conservation Photography in the Digital Age
Conservation photographers play a critical role in world of conservation. They combine nature photography, photojournalism, and advocacy to draw the public’s attention to the most critical environmental issues in today’s world. Unfortunately, it’s getting harder for conservation photographers to make a living. … Continue reading
