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Tag Archives: wetland restoration
Photo of the Week – November 16, 2012
I really enjoy photography, but I’m glad I don’t have to make my living doing it. For me, photography is something I get to do for fun – grabbing opportunities when they arise, instead of having to record a particular … Continue reading
An Update on a Wetland Project (Remember the Sludge?)
Several people have asked me to provide an update on the wetland restoration project I posted about last November. At that time, we’d just completed our second (last?) phase of the dirtwork to convert sand pit lakes to a stream … Continue reading
Timelapse Photography of a Wetland Restoration
Last fall, we finished construction on a wetland restoration project along a creek through our Platte River Prairies. In an earlier post I described some of the issues we had with excess organic matter that mounded up as we filled … Continue reading
What Do I Do With This Sludge? A Wetland Restoration Report and Plea for Advice.
This fall, we completed (mostly) a wetland restoration project I’ve been trying to finish for more than a decade. A beautiful clearwater meandering stream runs through our Platte River Prairies south of Wood River, Nebraska. At one point, however, the … Continue reading
Report from 2011 Grassland Restoration Network – Part 1: Herpetology
Last week was the annual workshop of the Grassland Restoration Network. This year, the host was The Nature Conservancy’s Kankakee Sands Prairie/Wetland Restoration Project in Indiana. There were more than 80 people – mainly from Illinois and Indiana this year. As … Continue reading
Posted in General, Prairie Management, Prairie Natural History, Prairie Photography, Prairie Restoration/Reconstruction
Tagged american toad, amphibians, bob brodman, fowler's toad, frogs, grassland, herpetology, hybridization, indiana, kankakee sands restoration, prairie, reptiles, the nature conservancy, toads, wetland restoration
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