Well, I'm still at it. Hoo boy, things have really picked up in the ol' square meter plot over the last several weeks. Maximilian sunflower and pitcher sage are both in bloom and there's a lot of action going on around those flowers. Actually, there's a lot of action away from the flowers, too. Here…

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17.09.2024

Grassland Restoration Network 2024 – Nachusa Grasslands | The Prairie Ecologist

It's always a pleasure to visit The Nature Conservancy's Nachusa Grasslands in northern Illinois. If nothing else, it's gratifying to see thousands of acres of restored prairie in a region where very little prairie exists otherwise. Planted prairie surrounds and connects small remnant prairies, wetlands, and savannas. The Conservancy started with little, precious ecosystem fragments…

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01.10.2024

Even More Photos From The Same Square Meter of Prairie – Mid-Late September (Part 1 of 2) | The Prairie Ecologist

Hey, guess what? I'm still hanging out at my square meter photography plot. September has been a month of big changes within the little bit of prairie I've been photographing all year. The month started with a flush of Maximilian sunflower blossoms and lots of bees, flies, beetles, and other pollinators. Then, I went to…

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02.10.2024

Even More Photos From The Same Square Meter of Prairie – Mid-Late September (Part 2 of 2) | The Prairie Ecologist

Here's part two of a deluge of September images from my square meter photography project at Lincoln Creek Prairie. As with Part 1, these images all came from the period of September 8-25, 2024. The real joy of this project comes not from the species count, but from all the stories that occur at my…

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Another Set of Photos From the Same Square Meter of Prairie | The Prairie Ecologist

Grassland Restoration Network 2024 – Nachusa Grasslands | The Prairie Ecologist

Even More Photos From The Same Square Meter of Prairie – Mid-Late September (Part 1 of 2) | The Prairie Ecologist

Even More Photos From The Same Square Meter of Prairie – Mid-Late September (Part 2 of 2) | The Prairie Ecologist

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