Written by Jordyn Ginestra, summer intern The Great Blue Heron. A species so tied to my childhood I never had to learn how to recognize it, and its name is […]
Ripples 6/5/25
By Sue Crowley, executive director I must admit I do not know much about fish or other cool aquatic organisms living their best life in our local waterways. In the […]
Ripples 2/20/25
By Sue Crowley, executive director I stopped into the Woodland Dunes Photo Hub meeting the other day. The passionate photographers, from novice to experts, were gathering to discuss winter textures. […]
Ripples 1/30/25
By Max Kornetzke, land manager Little Bluestem (Schizachyrium scoparium) is one of the dominant bunchgrasses of the Great Plains shortgrass prairie biome, but its distribution spans much wider across most […]
Ripples 1/16/25
By Sue Crowley, executive director What a beautiful morning with just a dusting of snow to blanket the world with a fresh layer to explore tracks and other signs of […]
Ripples 1/9/25
By Kennedy Zittel, naturalist Many people look forward to what bird will be the first bird they see in the new year. I eagerly anticipate seeing what bird will begin […]






