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Prairie Strips have Big Impacts on Pollinators and Water Pollution

November 18, 2019

Iowa State University initiated a program in 2003 which focuses on planting tallgrass native prairie strips in farm fields, benefiting soil, water and biodiversity. It is called STRIPS. The benefits determined so far can be found in their easy to read report Prairie Strips: Small Changes, Big … [Read more...]

Conserving the Jewels of the Night

November 4, 2019

As I've written before, fireflies are in peril. Reference my post entitled Fireflies are Glowing. The Xerces Society sent out an announcement this past week that they were mounting a new firefly conservation campaign: Conserving the Jewels of the Night. "Fireflies are some of our most … [Read more...]

Fall Clean-Up of Your Habitat

October 16, 2019

Reference my post dated December 5, 2016 entitled Fall Habitat Maintenance and the comment from Stephen Thomforde regarding heterogeneity as it relates to leaving the leaves. Specifically Stephen wanted to remind us that we should "manage our landscape in ways that mimic biomass harvest by grazing … [Read more...]

Reporting Monarch Habitat

October 9, 2019

The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (WDNR) has declared that our habitat development has added up to a good summer for monarchs "Wisconsin’s 'supergeneration' of monarchs are now flying 1,700 miles to their overwintering sites in Mexico where official population counts will be taken. … [Read more...]

Registration ends soon – Where Ecology Meets Economy: Season 6

September 13, 2019

Reference my earlier post Where Ecology Meets Economy: Season 6. On-line registrations will end on September 20, 2019, but if you want to participate in the meals and find a place to sit, you'd better register by today, Friday September 13th. Don't procrastinate any longer! Register now! SEWISC … [Read more...]

Landscaping with Native Plants

September 6, 2019

I was so excited to stumble across this information that I just had to share it with you. As many of you may already know, the Wild Ones Landscaping with Native Plants book has been on the US Environmental Protection Agency's website for many years. The EPA's Green Landscaping: Greenacres website … [Read more...]