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phenology quote
2021 LREC Phenology Report
“Phenology is nature’s calendar—when cherry trees bloom, when a robin builds its nest and when leaves turn color in the…
Researcher in the prairie
A Community of Partnerships
LREC staff and volunteers as well as researchers and volunteers from many local entities collected important data in anticipation of…
Margie Lodes using microscope
A Crawfish Tale
Center: Marge Lodes Early last fall, LREC was approached by Margie Lodes, a high school junior at St. Joseph’s Academy,…
Pam Walsh leads students in the prairie looking for butterflies
Butterfly Monitoring
This post was written by LREC Volunteer Educator Donna Bourisaw. Pam Walsh looks for butterflies with visiting students at LREC…
Intern boring into a tree
My Summer at LREC
My internship at the LREC was filled with knowledge, experience, and friendship. The thing I was most looking forward to…
Prairie in bloom
Reflections on LREC
This piece was submitted by Lauren McDaniel, a grad student in Wash U’s Landscape Architecture program. She interned at LREC…
Hannah
Summer Intern Research: Hannah Merwin
Hannah Merwin came to us from Minnesota, having graduated from Gustavus Adolphus College this spring. Her research project this summer…
Deer Creek
New Water Quality Study
The 2011 paper Water Quality in Deer Creek and its Tributaries by Danelle Haake is now available to download. This…
Bees being collected
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…