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: Western Fox Snake

Midwest Wilderness Connections Eco-brief: Weste...

The harmless western fox snake is a common Midwest species often found in the transition zone (ecotone) between wooded and herbaceous habitats. They are constrictors, primarily prey on rodents, and...

Midwest Wilderness Connections Eco-brief: Weste...

The harmless western fox snake is a common Midwest species often found in the transition zone (ecotone) between wooded and herbaceous habitats. They are constrictors, primarily prey on rodents, and...

Midwest Wilderness Connections Eco-brief: Great Crested Cormorant

Midwest Wilderness Connections Eco-brief: Great...

Double-crested cormorants nest in colonies that can be so large that their feces can kill the trees they nest in. They may also nest on the ground. These areas become...

Midwest Wilderness Connections Eco-brief: Great...

Double-crested cormorants nest in colonies that can be so large that their feces can kill the trees they nest in. They may also nest on the ground. These areas become...

Midwest Wilderness Connections Eco-brief: The Eagle Eye

Midwest Wilderness Connections Eco-brief: The E...

Bald eagles have a powerful sense of sight that can see a fish from well over a mile away. Bald eagle eyes also reduce glare, similar to polarizing lenses used...

Midwest Wilderness Connections Eco-brief: The E...

Bald eagles have a powerful sense of sight that can see a fish from well over a mile away. Bald eagle eyes also reduce glare, similar to polarizing lenses used...