If you're not into Black Friday shopping, you might like to join fellow naturalists in the Queen Quest Blitz. Hosted by the Queen Quest Project, which is a joint effort between the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Boosters Team and University of Minnesota's Bee Squad, citizen scientists will search … [Read more...]
Conserving the Jewels of the Night
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...]
GCA Graduate Scholarships 2020
The Garden Club of America (GCA) has opened their 2020 grant cycle for their Board of Associates Centennial Pollinator Fellowships. According to the recent news release, the fellowships provide "funding to a current graduate student to study the causes of pollinator decline, in particular … [Read more...]
Bat Week 2019
Bat Week 2019 will be October 24 thru 31. Although most people know them through the scary stories told about them during Halloween, bats are really our friends. See Bats - the forgotten pollinators. According to the WDNR*, there are great reasons to celebrate bats: Bats are an important … [Read more...]
More on Vines
In response to my recent posts on grape vines, I received several notes regarding vines for fellow Wild Ones members. Toni Stahl sent a tip for eradicating wild grape and non-native English Ivy (Hedera helix) vines. Wear vinyl gloves and use Q-tips to paint the ends of the cut stem with … [Read more...]
The Amazing Monarch Migration
Today we have a guest writer. Tim Eisele, who is a fellow member of both Wild Ones and Wisconsin Conservation Hall of Fame, sent this for me to share with you. Enjoy! The Amazing Monarch Migration Simply amazing is the word for the migration of monarch butterflies that moved through Wisconsin in … [Read more...]
- « Previous Page
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
- 6
- …
- 28
- Next Page »