Posts by Eddie Jones, LREC Program Manager

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Hooray for MRH ECC!
So, I apparently don’t know much about blogging: reporting regularly on any subject that I want or spilling my guts…
Mist over the prairie
Misty Morning
In the morning mists, a new world is revealed.
Two turkey poults
Young Feathered Friends
There have been several sightings of young friends in the past couple of weeks. Mama ducks have been leading the…
Boxelder blown down in wind
Wind in the Acers
The wind was wailing in the trees yesterday. From the glass house, we heard the creeking of the sycamores and…
Eroded creekbank after September 2008 flood
After the 9/14 flash flood…
Note the concrete pillar that once supported the boardwalk. The deck tables were all pushed against the downstream railing. The…
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Coyote hunting deer?
Yesterday morning as I was driving down the glass house driveway I had to brake for a coyote running across…
Bees being collected
New Spin on Site Research
Malinda has been capturing pollinators by netting them, but this summer she tried something new. She drew on the help…
Spring beauty in bloom
Spring has Sprung!
Spring beauty (Claytonia virginica). Photo by LREC Staff. The prairie plants are resprouting after an exciting burn on March 9th,…
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Phenology for Fun!
On the Budburst website you can report the blooming of flowers and trees in your neighborhood and will soon be…
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Cheap Native Trees
I thought everyone might be interested in learning about the Forest ReLeaf project where people can obtain native trees for…
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ERC’s Last Day
On the last day of ERC the students and I each shared one thing we were curious about, one thing…
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ERC’s last week
Thursday August 3, 2006 Today ERC creek mapped for the last time. It was a blast. We had fun on…