by Kristi Castillo | Jan 8, 2025 | Uncategorized
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by Eleanor Muzzy | Dec 23, 2024 | Uncategorized
Terrestrial ecosystems are defined by their vegetative community. The plants are what makes a landscape feel like home. Even people unfamiliar with the specific plant species can feel the textures across a landscape shift with the vegetation. Plants like trees,...
by Emma Richards | Nov 25, 2024 | Uncategorized
With the changing of the seasons from summer to fall the majority of our surveys are wrapped up. Eleanor and I have been collecting seeds for future restoration efforts and helping out wherever needed. But the one survey that starts around the beginning of October,...
by Bethany Ostrom | Nov 7, 2024 | Uncategorized
Hey all! Surprised to hear from me so soon? It’s Crane Season again!… Wait… it’s not March! It may not be March or the spring crane migration, but what goes up (north) must come down (south). It’s the fall crane migration! Cranes are leaving their breeding...
by Eleanor Muzzy | Oct 22, 2024 | Uncategorized
Last month, we wrapped up small mammal trapping. Affectionately known as “smammaling,” small mammal trapping is both exhausting and rewarding. To prevent the smammals from baking inside the traps all day, we set traps just before sunset and pick them up just after...
by Emma Richards | Sep 22, 2024 | Uncategorized
When August rolls around it brings with it more surveys and fun! One of the surveys that starts in August is our fish seining and slough condition monitoring. Collecting data from the sloughs helps us to understand what is available for Whooping Cranes, Sandhill...