Midwest Wilderness Connections Eco-briefs and Eco-sweeps

MWC Eco-brief: How winter birds do what they do

MWC Eco-brief: How winter birds do what they do

How do birds, such as the horned lark, keep their thin, exposed legs from freezing? Arteries carrying warm blood from the heart run parallel to, and warm, the cooled blood...

MWC Eco-brief: How winter birds do what they do

How do birds, such as the horned lark, keep their thin, exposed legs from freezing? Arteries carrying warm blood from the heart run parallel to, and warm, the cooled blood...

MWC Eco-brief: Midwest Winter Wonderland

MWC Eco-brief: Midwest Winter Wonderland

Take a ride through a Midwest winter wonderland in Allerton Park and Retreat Center, Monticello, Illinois. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Midwest Wilderness Connections (@midwestwildernessconnections)

MWC Eco-brief: Midwest Winter Wonderland

Take a ride through a Midwest winter wonderland in Allerton Park and Retreat Center, Monticello, Illinois. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Midwest Wilderness Connections (@midwestwildernessconnections)

MWC Eco-brief: Got Oxygen?

MWC Eco-brief: Got Oxygen?

Got oxygen? Stream water holds less available oxygen than air. Water picks up dissolved oxygen (DO) where mixing occurs and when plants & algae release DO during photosynthesis. How much...

MWC Eco-brief: Got Oxygen?

Got oxygen? Stream water holds less available oxygen than air. Water picks up dissolved oxygen (DO) where mixing occurs and when plants & algae release DO during photosynthesis. How much...

A panoramic, vast wet meadow in full bloom with golden plumes of giant goldenrod (Solidago gigantea) accented by purple plumes of spotted joe-pye weed (Eupatoriadelphus maculatus ). Photo taken in Riceville, Howard County, Iowa, USA.

MWC Eco-brief: Little gems of Iowa's prairies a...

Little gems of Iowa's prairies and wetlands are tucked away on private lands. What a glorious sight it must have been for the early pioneers to see the blooming wildflowers...

MWC Eco-brief: Little gems of Iowa's prairies a...

Little gems of Iowa's prairies and wetlands are tucked away on private lands. What a glorious sight it must have been for the early pioneers to see the blooming wildflowers...

MWC Eco-Brief: Compassplant

MWC Eco-Brief: Compassplant

Aligning its leaves north to south, thus reducing direct sunlight on a hot summers day on the prairie, is how compassplant got its name.  

MWC Eco-Brief: Compassplant

Aligning its leaves north to south, thus reducing direct sunlight on a hot summers day on the prairie, is how compassplant got its name.