Welcome Jamela!
Litzsinger is proud to welcome our newest addition to the team. Jamela Thompson joined us on September 14th. She has…
Posts by Jennifer Krause, Webmaster
The New Steps
Earlier this year we added new steps from the deck down to the trails. Danelle caught the response of some…
Burn
Many thanks to the volunteers who helped with the burn of the South Prairie and Mulch Pile Woods on Friday,…
Bird Cam: What Birds?
Over the weekend Danelle aimed a motion sensing camera at our bird feeders. Of the 600+ photos, there were a…
No More Robots…
We congratulate Litzsinger Road Ecology Director, Bob Coulter, on the publication of his new book No More Robots: Building Kids’ Character, Competence, and…
BioBlitz September 26–27
Here’s your chance to learn about everything from bats to birds, crickets to katydids! Join teams of scientists and skilled…
Looking for Volunteer Educators!
Do you know someone who enjoys working with children and spending time outdoors? Let them know about volunteering with us!…
“Life in the Rivers” Photography Contest
Photo by William A. Bascom I came across a contest hosted by River des Peres Watershed Coalition. It’s a challenge to…
New Water Quality Study
The 2011 paper Water Quality in Deer Creek and its Tributaries by Danelle Haake is now available to download. This…
Is an Invasive Plant Species in Your Backyard?
LREC has produced a new brochure detailing identification information and removal recommendations for ten of the most threatening invasive species…
Surviving the Winter
Recent difficult weather has The Prairie Ecologist (Chris Helzer) thinking about how animals survive winter.
ID of mystery amphibian unveiled (sort of)
No reader of the May issue of our newsletter was able to id the mystery amphibian on page 7. On…