March 23, 2020Assisting with the Burning Need in the CommunityWith spring weather arriving early this year, the end of February heralded the closing of LREC’s 2019–20 burn season window.…
September 10, 2019Graduate Study Begins @ LRECOur first cohort of graduate students began three years of work with us this summer, working toward a graduate degree…
June 6, 2019Ray Potter: A Man Who Knows His PlaceOn May 20, on behalf of the entire LREC community, fellow volunteer Marty Schmitt made the following remarks regarding Ray…
September 25, 2018Selecting Plants for Connecting Children with Their EnvironmentAs presented at the 14th Annual National Children & Youth Garden Symposium, July 2006, by David Bruns, Conservation Education Consultant,…
August 6, 2018New Volunteer Educator TrainingLitzsinger Road Ecology Center will soon be training new Volunteer Educators to work with students who visit the site. Training…
February 20, 2018Make the Most of your LREC Teacher PartnershipLREC teacher partners have some great opportunities to continue their outdoor place-based education training. Here’s an update on our partnership…
January 30, 20182018 LREC Teacher ConferenceSpecial thanks to all of the presenters and participants at our Teacher Conference on January 24!!! What a pleasure to…
December 21, 2017Deanna’s Farewell to LRECHello everyone! Many of you may not know that I will be leaving LREC in January to start a new…
November 28, 2017Share your Love of the Outdoors with Children!Volunteer Educator training starts in January.
October 16, 2017Learning Creative Learning – Starts Weds Oct 18th!Just a quick post to let everyone know there is a **free** Learning Creative Learning online course being run by…
July 6, 2017Visualizing BiodiversityMissouri Botanical Garden is offering a free educator workshop on July 24–26 for teachers of grades 4–12
March 20, 2017Jan Buley To Facilitate PBL Workshop!Jan Buley (keynote speaker at this year’s Litzsinger Teacher Conference) will be facilitating LREC’s Place-based Learning workshop this summer!