What a coincidence, Monday’s arrival of the May, 2012 NEBRASKAland and Wednesday’s fishing trip into the Nebraska Sandhills. Author Jeff Kurrus wrote what turned out to be a very timely article on Nebraska’s musky population: The State of the Musky Address, Nebraska’s 50-inch Niche in the May NEBland. It arrived …
Blue Wild Indigo Read more here: http://prairieecologist.com/2012/04/27/photo-of-the-week-april-27-2012/
Despite the recent rains, we’re still fairly dry in east-central Nebraska. Regardless, flowers are popping out all over the place because of the abnormally warm weather – including false Solomon’s seal. Read more here: http://prairieecologist.com/2012/04/19/photo-of-the-week-april-19-2012/
A field notebook is an essential tool of a land manager. Read why here: http://prairieecologist.com/2012/04/17/the-value-of-field-notebooks/
Think you can identify this common prairie plant? Click below to find out. http://prairieecologist.com/2012/04/13/photo-of-the-week-april-13-2012/
It’s fun to burn the fluff off our milkweed seeds. It cleans them up and gets them ready for planting. There’s only one problem… Read more here: http://prairieecologist.com/2012/04/12/testing-assumptions-the-milkweed-seed-fiasco/
By: Mike Groenewold It was a beautiful, calm spring day at Lake McConaughy State Recreation Area. Even work was a joy. Grant, my work partner, and I were trimming hazardous tree limbs from mature cottonwoods near a beach at Admirals Cove, near Lemoyne, Nebraska, and enjoyed a respite from the …
Know anything about slugs? Me neither. But you can still read more here: http://prairieecologist.com/2012/04/06/photo-of-the-week-april-6-2012/
Read an excellent essay by Doug Ladd – The Nature Conservancy of Missouri. You won’t be disappointed. Click here: http://prairieecologist.com/2012/04/04/why-prairie-matters-a-guest-essay/
If you don’t already know about it (or own it), you can read about Jon Farrar’s revised Wildflower guide by clicking here: http://prairieecologist.com/2012/04/02/nebraska-wildflower-field-guide/
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