Author: Eliza Banjanac
Nature Notes: Spring Flower Walk
As the days grow longer and the sun feels a little warmer, it’s tempting to believe spring has finally arrived—until winter reminds us otherwise. Even so, the snow is melting quickly, the ground is beginning to thaw, and daytime temperatures are staying above freezing. Signs of the season are already here: water flowing beneath Hidden Brook, frogs calling on warm afternoons, and sandhill cranes returning overhead. Spring is on its way—winter just insists on one last dramatic goodbye.
Nature Notes: Protecting Rare Ecosystems
As the days grow longer and the sun feels a little warmer, it’s tempting to believe spring has finally arrived—until winter reminds us otherwise. Even so, the snow is melting quickly, the ground is beginning to thaw, and daytime temperatures are staying above freezing. Signs of the season are already here: water flowing beneath Hidden Brook, frogs calling on warm afternoons, and sandhill cranes returning overhead. Spring is on its way—winter just insists on one last dramatic goodbye.
The Hine’s Emerald Dragonfly
The Hine’s Emerald Dragonfly: A Federally Endangered Resident of The Ridges Could Become Wisconsin’s State Insect by Tony Kiszonas, Director of Research, and Victoria Holderer, Applied Research Ecologist One of […]