When you walk in the woods on a daily basis, or regularly spend time outside wherever you live, you notice rhythms, patterns, and changes. On Turtle Hill the light changes…
Late Autumn on the Prairie Fen, Peninsula Drive
This afternoon is unusually quiet in the fen off Peninsula Drive. It’s early November, and the first snow of the season is falling, wet and heavy enough to smack against…
Renew Friedenswald: Update
After nine months of living and working in the midst of a construction zone, renovations to the cabins, Sandhill Lodge, and Cottonwood Center/Chapel, are complete! In fact, they’ve already been…
Update: Mitchell’s satyr butterfly
This summer, 20 of the federally endangered Mitchell’s satyr butterfly were counted, which is down from 36 last year and 32 in 2015. During their visit in late June, scientists…