This week I share a species account of one of my favorite migratory visitors, the ruby-throated hummingbird. Learn about this winged jewel, small but mighty migrator, and high-energy aerial acrobat. Special thanks to Tracy Anderson and Rita Seston for allowing...
This week I share a lovely surprise from my explorations along the shores and forests of the Les Cheneaux Islands region of Michigan's Upper Peninsula--lots of blooming wood lily (Lilium philadelphicum)! Learn where to look for this conservative and gorgeous...
This week I share a Mid-Mitten Wild Ones Chapter field tour with Kim and Jeff Hartley of Elysium Heritage Farms near Pinconning, Michigan. Through their local Wild Ones chapter, these landowners have chosen to embrace the Homegrown National Park mission...
As part of the Society for Ecological Restoration's worldwide Make a Difference Week, we joined volunteers at the Little Forks Conservancy's Nelson Woods to conduct woody invasive species management. See the tools and demonstrations of cut stump treatment and sapling...
Happy Make a Difference Week! I'm back at Chippewa Nature Center (CNC) in Midland, MI to chat with Matthew Lindauer, the Central Michigan Cooperative Invasive Species Management Area (CM-CISMA) Coordinator, about an invasive buckthorn management project that involved forestry mowing...
Be sure to participate in the world's largest week of collective ecological restoration action! Find a Make a Difference Week volunteer event near you or host your own and help with the recovery of our landscape ecosystems through invasive species...
This week I chat with Matthew Lindauer, the Central Michigan CISMA Coordinator, about what resources a local Cooperative Invasive Species Management Area/Cooperative Weed Management Area can offer landowners and stewards. Get involved with invasive species management in your area by...
This week I share a favorite perennial woodland wildflower that makes a lovely part-shade groundcover and pairs well with your favorite spring ephemerals and bulbs, woodland phlox (Phlox divaricata). Add this fragrant flower to help provide early season pollinator support...
This week I highlight some wonderful vernal pool wildlife observations from the Michigan Vernal Pool Patrol training I attended in mid-April and discuss some important ecosystem etiquette for monitoring respectfully and responsibly. Be sure to get out and enjoy our...
