The pines were planted when much of this area was used for wood lots.
Thorn Creek Nature Preserve, IL • September 2016
Author: aea
Miller Woods, IN • April 2016
It’s always a treat to visit here. Pannes, oaks, dunes, and views for days.
The water is high and a beaver is busy near the boardwalk across the closest wetland!
And the NPS folks don’t neglect poetry and important science.
Burnham Prairie, IL • March 2016
Powderhorn, Chicago IL • January 2016
William Powers State Recreation Area, IL • January 2016
Yep, that’s a bald eagle in Chicago.
CRAC holiday 2015: Colorado
US Steel SouthWorks, IL • July 2015
Unbelievable how much botanical diversity there is on slag and other industrial waste. These are just the obvious ones! think what lies beneath…
salsify gone to seed
honeysuckle
cottonwood saplings
common milkweed
fleabane
viper’s bugloss
a brassy lassy
creeping thistle
great mullein
scale insects on cottonwood
fleabane in the distance; evening primrose and whorled milkweed up close
boneset coming up
butterfly milkweed + fleabane
bonsai cottonwood
whorled milkweed
Burns Harbor, IN • May 2015
Sand Ridge Nature Center, IL • April 2015
Calumet Region Adventure Club 