Midwest Wilderness Connections Eco-briefs and Eco-sweeps

MWC Eco-brief: Cellophane Bees

MWC Eco-brief: Cellophane Bees

Early spring wildflowers are incredibly important to native bees emerging from their overwinter retreats. Here, cellophane bees are feeding on purple cress (Cardamine douglassii). Cellophane bees are ground nesting bees....

MWC Eco-brief: Cellophane Bees

Early spring wildflowers are incredibly important to native bees emerging from their overwinter retreats. Here, cellophane bees are feeding on purple cress (Cardamine douglassii). Cellophane bees are ground nesting bees....

MWC Eco-brief: Beauty and the Beast

MWC Eco-brief: Beauty and the Beast

    We all marvel at the beauty and acrobatics of dragonflies and damselflies. Less well known is that years of their life are spent underwater as nymphs; the T-Rex...

MWC Eco-brief: Beauty and the Beast

    We all marvel at the beauty and acrobatics of dragonflies and damselflies. Less well known is that years of their life are spent underwater as nymphs; the T-Rex...

MWC Eco-sweep: Muskrat Maneuvers

MWC Eco-sweep: Muskrat Maneuvers

  Muskrats build huts in standing water by mounding mud and vegetation that is significantly elevated above the water level. A central chamber within the hut is located above the...

MWC Eco-sweep: Muskrat Maneuvers

  Muskrats build huts in standing water by mounding mud and vegetation that is significantly elevated above the water level. A central chamber within the hut is located above the...

MWC Eco-brief: Skunk Cabbage on the Scene

MWC Eco-brief: Skunk Cabbage on the Scene

Skunk cabbage occurs in wooded wetlands where it produces yellow speckled maroon flowers in late winter to early spring. This plant can warm itself up to 70 degrees Fahrenheit, which...

MWC Eco-brief: Skunk Cabbage on the Scene

Skunk cabbage occurs in wooded wetlands where it produces yellow speckled maroon flowers in late winter to early spring. This plant can warm itself up to 70 degrees Fahrenheit, which...

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)