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.
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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,…
Phenology for Fun!
On this website you can report the blooming of flowers and trees in your neighborhood and will soon be able…
Cheap Native Trees
I thought everyone might be interested in learning about the Forest ReLeaf project where people can obtain native trees for…
10,000 Rain Gardens
The Kansas City area has a goal of having 10,000 rain gardens. They have a neat website with lots of…
ERC’s Last Day
On the last day of ERC the students and I each shared one thing we were curious about, one thing…
ERC’s last week
Thursday August 3, 2006 Today ERC creek mapped for the last time. It was a blast. We had fun on…
This Past Week
Friday July 28, 2006 Today we went to Calvary and finished up the burn pile. Then we went to the…
We’re Back (We think)
It has been about 5 days since ERC has posted anything about their daily activities due to the recent storms.…