ERC Day 7
Maddie R.- “Today, the high temperatures are estimated to climb into the 90s, so we decided to do our outdoor…
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ERC Day 6
Edward D.- “Eddie Jones came and talked to us about the ecological restoration projects happening in the various jr. highs…
ERC Day 3
Maddie R.- “We started the day out early by arriving at LREC at 7:30. By 8:00 everyone and everything, including,…
ERC Day 2
Edward D.- “Today we continued our study of ecology. We went out to the front prairie to get acquainted with…
ERC Day 1
Edward D.- “The first day working with the Ecological Restoration Corps was very exciting. I got to know new people…
Crayfish!
Duchesne’s 3rd grade classes came out to the site recently to investigate Who Eats What. Janice Weil’s group found a…
Coyote hunting deer?
Note: This old post was accidentally republished 10/29/2018. We apologize for any confusion or inconvenience! Yesterday morning as I was…
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 of our summer program students to collect bees using a fun, new protocol that was developed by Sam Droege of the USGS Native Bee Inventory and Monitoring Lab.
We have chicks!
Out in the prairie the Eurasian Tree Sparrows are busy at work in the nestboxes. Our feathered friends have been building nests, laying and incubating eggs and now raising chicks!
Spring has Sprung!
Spring beauty (Claytonia virginica). Photo by LREC Staff. The prairie plants are resprouting after an exciting burn on March 9th,…