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Tag Archives: wetland
Busy Burning
I apologize for not having a pithy and thought-provoking post this week. I’m actually working on a couple different ideas, but was interrupted by a couple days of good prescribed fire weather. We had a long day yesterday and today looks like it’ll … Continue reading
Photo of the Week – March 15, 2013
I was reminded of this photo while thinking ahead to this weekend. A few years ago, I found these pheasant tracks after spending a morning in one of our crane viewing blind along the bank of the Platte River. This weekend, I get … Continue reading
Photo of the Week – November 29, 2012
Yes, you’ve seen this photo before… When I get back from a photography venture, I usually try to sort through and process photos within a day or so. I hate getting behind, and I like to get photos worked up before I … 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
Photo of the Week – September 20, 2012
Last week, I managed to find about half an hour’s time to wander with my camera, so I decided to try to get some more photos of this year’s drought impacts. I headed down toward one of our crispy brown … Continue reading
Photo of the Week – January 12, 2012
It’s been a very mild winter in Nebraska. We took advantage of the warm weather on Tuesday to burn a small island in the middle of a stream/wetland restoration project area. The day was sunny, and it was 55 degrees … Continue reading
Submarine Sora
The photo below is about 15 years old now, but is connected to one of my favorite stories. A co-worker and I were walking in a recently-restored prairie/wetland along the Platte River when we flushed a sora (a kind of … Continue reading
Posted in General, Prairie Natural History, Prairie Photography, Prairie Restoration/Reconstruction
Tagged bird, conservation, discovery, nebraska, photography, rail, sora, underwater, wetland
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Report from the 2011 Grassland Restoration Network – Part 2: Grassland Birds
The Grassland Restoration Network’s 2011 annual meeting was at The Nature Conservancy’s Kankakee Sands prairie/wetland restoration site in Indiana. This year, we focused more than usual on creating habitat for various animal taxa, and I previously reported on the herpetology … Continue reading
Posted in General, Prairie Management, Prairie Restoration/Reconstruction, Prairie Natural History, Prairie Photography, Prairie Plants
Tagged management, prairie restoration, prairie reconstruction, grazing, wetland, prescribed fire, grassland birds, prairie birds, henslow's sparrow, dickcissel, bobolink, grasshopper sparrow, habitat, indiana, kankakee sands, upland sandpiper
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Photo of the Week – July 29, 2011
While we were at The Nature Conservancy’s Kankakee Sands prairie restoration site in Indiana last week, we got to see a lot of very nice restored prairies. The last night we were there, I slipped away from the group for a few … Continue reading
Photo of the Week – March 24, 2011
As a photographer in the Plains, when I see a forecast with light winds, I do my absolute best to get outside with a camera. This night in May was no exception. The sun was going down, the wind was … Continue reading
Posted in General, Prairie Photography
Tagged grassland, prairie, rainwater basin, reflections, wetland
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