Seed Cleaning
Our fall interns, Josiah McElmurry and Libbey Strickler, are hard at work cleaning Baptisia alba seeds.
Restoration
Reconstructing and Reconnecting Native Habitats
Check out the recent post reconstructing native habitats by James Faupel and Caity Sims
Say Hello to Devan!
Hi, I’m Devan, the new spring intern here at the Litzsinger Road Ecology Center. I love parks, roller skating, and…
Assisting with the Burning Need in the Community
With spring weather arriving early this year, the end of February heralded the closing of LREC’s 2019–20 burn season window.…
A Community of Partnerships
LREC staff and volunteers as well as researchers and volunteers from many local entities collected important data in anticipation of…
Growing Minds and Plants: A Litzsinger Internship Experience
This post is by Mary Woodward, who served as a Horticulture and Education Intern at Litzsinger Road Ecology Center, August…
When a Forest Giant Needs to Come Down
One of the first tasks I had when I started in my role here at LREC back in September was…
Fall Restoration Update
It has been about two months since Adam Rembert and I started here at LREC as the new restoration team…
My Summer at LREC
My internship at the LREC was filled with knowledge, experience, and friendship. The thing I was most looking forward to…
Reflections on LREC
This piece was submitted by Lauren McDaniel, a grad student in Wash U’s Landscape Architecture program. She interned at LREC…
Restoration Update: Observations about Wintercreeper Management
Walking through Litzsinger, I’m happily surprised to see signs of the wintercreeper, or Euonymus fortunei, deteriorating and dying in the…
Summer Intern Research: Sam Kilgore
Sam Kilgore spent the summer with us as an intern, with his research focusing on swamp betony.