Midwest Wilderness Connections Eco-briefs and Eco-sweeps

Midwest Woodland Prescribed Fire - A Midwest Wilderness Connections Eco-Brief

Midwest Woodland Prescribed Fire - A Midwest Wi...

Join me in a quick video discussing the importance and benefits of prescribed fire in oak dominated woodlands!

Midwest Woodland Prescribed Fire - A Midwest Wi...

Join me in a quick video discussing the importance and benefits of prescribed fire in oak dominated woodlands!

Midwest Wilderness Connections Eco-brief: Prairie Seeding Success or Failure?

Midwest Wilderness Connections Eco-brief: Prair...

Enjoy this quick impromptu video highlighting important info regarding the establishment of a prairie restoration seeding.

Midwest Wilderness Connections Eco-brief: Prair...

Enjoy this quick impromptu video highlighting important info regarding the establishment of a prairie restoration seeding.

Midwest Wilderness Connections Eco-brief: Fairmount Cemetery Prairie

Midwest Wilderness Connections Eco-brief: Fairm...

The last native bluff prairie remnant in Davenport, Iowa can be visited in Fairmount Cemetery. Towering above the Mississippi River, this prairie has been holding this bluff in place for...

Midwest Wilderness Connections Eco-brief: Fairm...

The last native bluff prairie remnant in Davenport, Iowa can be visited in Fairmount Cemetery. Towering above the Mississippi River, this prairie has been holding this bluff in place for...

Midwest Wilderness Connections Eco-brief: Midwest Streams and Floodplains

Midwest Wilderness Connections Eco-brief: Midwe...

Many Midwest streams and rivers have been straightened by channelization. The soil removed from the stream channel is often sidecast next to the stream creating levees that block the stream...

Midwest Wilderness Connections Eco-brief: Midwe...

Many Midwest streams and rivers have been straightened by channelization. The soil removed from the stream channel is often sidecast next to the stream creating levees that block the stream...

Midwest Wilderness Connections Eco-brief: Jerusalem Artichoke (Helianthus tuberosa)

Midwest Wilderness Connections Eco-brief: Jerus...

Jerusalem artichoke (Helianthus tuberosa) is a native prairie sunflower that has a root system that forms underground tubers. Similar to potatoes, these tubers are safe places for the plant to...

Midwest Wilderness Connections Eco-brief: Jerus...

Jerusalem artichoke (Helianthus tuberosa) is a native prairie sunflower that has a root system that forms underground tubers. Similar to potatoes, these tubers are safe places for the plant to...

Midwest Wilderness connections Eco-sweep: Dragonflies and Ecological Services

Midwest Wilderness connections Eco-sweep: Drago...

While manning a booth at the farmers market yesterday, I noted dragonflies zipping above the crowd. The dragonflies were providing what is called an ecological service to the public, a...

Midwest Wilderness connections Eco-sweep: Drago...

While manning a booth at the farmers market yesterday, I noted dragonflies zipping above the crowd. The dragonflies were providing what is called an ecological service to the public, a...