(May 17, 2016) People wonder why we get so frustrated with beaver on the Conservancy’s managed marsh complexes. This photo reveals the answer: they muck things up! This water control structure was, in a very short period (hours, not days), completed dammed up by...
(May 16, 2016) Just remembering that when they were little, my kids would cry when treated at the doctor’s office. In this photo, we have a young Giant garter snake (GGS) being “doctored” by the Conservancy’s biological monitoring team. Wonder how it is taking...
(May 10, 2016) This example of a Cinnamon teal (Anas cyanoptera) is a perfect specimen for this area. Happily watching things on the Conservancy’s preserves, field crews photographed it yesterday. You can find this bird in far distant locations around the world. Even...
(May 3, 2016) Since the Conservancy’s preserves are meant as sanctuaries and refuges for plant and animal species, it’s often easy to overlook insects. Yet they are instrumental in pollination and generally adding to the diversity of life on the preserves. We’ve got...
(April 8, 2016) I am still a bit stung (pun intended!) by a statement I heard many years ago that there wasn’t much color on the Conservancy’s preserves. Okay, the preserves have matured a lot since those days, but there is LOTS of color. Color everywhere. You just...
