Glass House Quiz: Invasives of LREC
You might be wondering what the restoration crew does around the site all year. Well, one thing that keeps us busy…
Restoration
Welcome Wendi Martin!
We are happy to welcome Wendi Martin to the LREC team this spring! Wendi is our first full-time spring horticulture…
Creating Seed Mixes at LREC
This year the staff and volunteers collected 73 species of seeds, coming to a total of 10.6 lbs. They were…
Burn
Many thanks to the volunteers who helped with the burn of the South Prairie and Mulch Pile Woods on Friday,…
Is an Invasive Plant Species in Your Backyard?
LREC has produced a new brochure detailing identification information and removal recommendations for ten of the most threatening invasive species…
Preparing to Burn
As fall sets in, LREC staff are starting to think about fire. Every year, we use fire to assist in…
Seed Sowing
Seeds are a big part of our work year-round here at LREC. In the spring, summer, and fall, we are…
Burning Buildings
I originally posted this in the K–12 Learning channel at BrightHub: “My fiancée once posed a question to me: ‘If…
ERC Day 7
“Today, the high temperatures are estimated to climb into the 90s, so we decided to do our outdoor restoration work-…
ERC Day 6
“Eddie Jones came and talked to us about the ecological restoration projects happening in the various jr. highs and elementary…
ERC Day 3
“We started the day out early by arriving at LREC at 7:30. By 8:00 everyone and everything, including, most importantly,…
ERC Day 2
“Today we continued our study of ecology. We went out to the front prairie to get acquainted with some wildflowers…