Midwest Wilderness Connections Eco-briefs and Eco-sweeps

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: 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: Great Egret

Midwest Wilderness Connections Eco-brief: Great...

The great egret was on a path to extinction in the late 1800s when women found it fashionable to decorate their hats with beautiful bird feathers. In an effort to...

Midwest Wilderness Connections Eco-brief: Great...

The great egret was on a path to extinction in the late 1800s when women found it fashionable to decorate their hats with beautiful bird feathers. In an effort to...

MWC Eco-brief: Stream Detritus

MWC Eco-brief: Stream Detritus

Detritus consisting of leaves, sticks, or other organic debris is essential to steam life. This material provides food, shelter, and chemical conditions that influence instream wildlife communities. Detritus jumpstarts the...

MWC Eco-brief: Stream Detritus

Detritus consisting of leaves, sticks, or other organic debris is essential to steam life. This material provides food, shelter, and chemical conditions that influence instream wildlife communities. Detritus jumpstarts the...

MWC Eco-brief: Cricket Frog

MWC Eco-brief: Cricket Frog

The Blanchard's cricket frog is a declining species in the northern portions of their Upper Midwest Range. This species hides along muddy banks where it's amazingly well camouflaged in color...

MWC Eco-brief: Cricket Frog

The Blanchard's cricket frog is a declining species in the northern portions of their Upper Midwest Range. This species hides along muddy banks where it's amazingly well camouflaged in color...

MWC Eco-brief: Why did the turtle cross the road?

MWC Eco-brief: Why did the turtle cross the road?

This rare Blanding’s Turtle was attempting to cross a busy highway, so I stopped and helped him cross safely. This time of year, many of the turtles crossing the road...

MWC Eco-brief: Why did the turtle cross the road?

This rare Blanding’s Turtle was attempting to cross a busy highway, so I stopped and helped him cross safely. This time of year, many of the turtles crossing the road...