by Bethany Ostrom | Feb 21, 2025 | Uncategorized
Hey all, It’s a cold start to Crane Season here in Nebraska with multiple days of the highs being in single digits or even negative. You may have noticed this first blog of the season is a little late. In our ideal world, this morning (2/21) was supposed to be our 2...
by Emma Richards | Jan 26, 2025 | Uncategorized
Winter is here! ❄️ As the season shifts, some animals stick around, while others continue on to their preferred wintering grounds. Have you spotted any winter wildlife yet? I definitely have!! The snow that we have gotten in the area, however short lived, gave me a...
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...
