Observations From A Single Spot
Try this activity with your students this winter. Students select a spot on the schoolyard to make observations. They sit…
Community News
New Mailing Address
Our new mailing address is: Litzsinger Road Ecology Center 292 East Ave. Suite 28 Webster Groves, MO 63119-1702 Our physical…
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…
Courtyard Restoration at Edgar Road Elementary
Below is a link to Betsy Guthrey’s 3rd grade class at Edgar Road Elementary School. It chronicles their courtyard restoration…
Surviving the Winter
Recent difficult weather has The Prairie Ecologist (Chris Helzer) thinking about how animals survive winter. Read the entry at The…
Preparing to Burn
As fall sets in, LREC staff are starting to think about fire. Every year, we use fire to assist in…
Good Reading: Children, Youth, and Environments Fact Sheets
As I mentioned in my recent newsletter article, the fact sheets from the University of Colorado – Denver’s Children, Youth,…
Stream Sampling Results
The LREC Stream Team continues to grow, today hosting a record 9 volunteers! We collected water samples and made observations…
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…