Midwest Wilderness Connections Eco-briefs and Eco-sweeps

Midwest Wilderness Connections Eco-brief: Carolina Anemone

Midwest Wilderness Connections Eco-brief: Carol...

Finding Carolina anemone (Anemone caroliniana) blooming in the spring is a special treat. It is a very short plant with white or blue flowers and fine leaves that fade into...

Midwest Wilderness Connections Eco-brief: Carol...

Finding Carolina anemone (Anemone caroliniana) blooming in the spring is a special treat. It is a very short plant with white or blue flowers and fine leaves that fade into...

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: Halloween Pennant Dragonfly

Midwest Wilderness Connections Eco-brief: Hallo...

Halloween penants have a habit of sitting on the tip of a perch while fluttering their wings in the breeze. After being disturbed, Halloween penants often return to the same...

Midwest Wilderness Connections Eco-brief: Hallo...

Halloween penants have a habit of sitting on the tip of a perch while fluttering their wings in the breeze. After being disturbed, Halloween penants often return to the same...

Midwest Wilderness Connections Eco-brief: Fen Wetlands

Midwest Wilderness Connections Eco-brief: Fen W...

Fen wetlands of the Upper Midwest occur in areas where cold groundwater spills out onto the earth. The flow of water may seep out of a hillside, such a stream...

Midwest Wilderness Connections Eco-brief: Fen W...

Fen wetlands of the Upper Midwest occur in areas where cold groundwater spills out onto the earth. The flow of water may seep out of a hillside, such a 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: Migratory Birds Predicting Hurricanes

Midwest Wilderness Connections Eco-sweep: Migra...

  The Veery, and other declining migratory bird species that call the Midwest home during the summer, have been found to reliably predict disastrous hurricane seasons. The birds wrap up...

Midwest Wilderness Connections Eco-sweep: Migra...

  The Veery, and other declining migratory bird species that call the Midwest home during the summer, have been found to reliably predict disastrous hurricane seasons. The birds wrap up...