Midwest Wilderness Connections Eco-briefs and Eco-sweeps

MWC Eco-brief: Pellsville Cemetery Prairie Spring Wildflower Walk

MWC Eco-brief: Pellsville Cemetery Prairie Spri...

Take a virtual walk through the Pellsville Cemetery Prairie for a Memorial Day view of native spring wildflowers. The cemetery, established in 1872, is a beautiful time capsule of native...

MWC Eco-brief: Pellsville Cemetery Prairie Spri...

Take a virtual walk through the Pellsville Cemetery Prairie for a Memorial Day view of native spring wildflowers. The cemetery, established in 1872, is a beautiful time capsule of native...

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: She can do anything!

MWC Eco-brief: She can do anything!

Teach your daughters, granddaughters, God daughters, and nieces that they can be anything they want. Including an ecologist who spontaneously jumps off of road culverts into a marsh to catch...

MWC Eco-brief: She can do anything!

Teach your daughters, granddaughters, God daughters, and nieces that they can be anything they want. Including an ecologist who spontaneously jumps off of road culverts into a marsh to catch...

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...

MWC Eco-brief: Barred Owl Shenanigans

MWC Eco-brief: Barred Owl Shenanigans

Barred owls are highly vocal with numerous individuals commonly engaging in a ruckus chorus. Over the past century, barred owls have been expanding their range north into Canada and down...

MWC Eco-brief: Barred Owl Shenanigans

Barred owls are highly vocal with numerous individuals commonly engaging in a ruckus chorus. Over the past century, barred owls have been expanding their range north into Canada and down...