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Hubbard Fellowship Applications Are Being Accepted NOW!
Applications for the next round of Hubbard Fellowships with The Nature Conservancy of Nebraska are being accepted from now until September 8, 2017. This is a one year position aimed at recent college...
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Pollinators and Insect Conservation Field Day – August 5
Here are some more details on our upcoming field day at the Platte River Prairies on Saturday August 5. The day will run from 9 am to 2 pm and will focus on pollinators and other invertebrates. We’ll...
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Total Eclipse on the Prairie
Well, if you’re expecting photos of the sun with the shadow of the moon in front of it, I’m sorry to disappoint you. I figured every other photographer in the world would be taking that photo, so I...
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Plant Game – September 27, 2017
The rules are simple. Just pick the fake plant name from each list. Three of the names in each list are official common names (as opposed to the scientific, or Latin names) of plants found growing in...
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Plant Game – January 3, 2018
Happy New Year! To celebrate, let’s play THE PLANT GAME! You know it, you love it. It’s the game in which you have to figure out which plant name is not real. More specifically, one name in each of...
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Measuring Our Influence as Conservation Scientists
I am a conservation scientist. Like any other scientist, I develop and test hypotheses, trying to figure out how the world works. Once I learn something, I publish my results in academic journals...
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Properly Portraying the Power of Prescribed Fire
At a recent Nebraska conference, Shelly Kelly of the Sandhills Task Force made a point worth some serious consideration. She told a roomful of wildlife biologists that if they want reluctant ranchers...
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Boxelder Bugs: Accessible Ambassadors for Nature
Conservation success relies upon people feeling connected to nature. As a result, conservation groups spend a lot of time trying to show the public how much their health and prosperity depend upon...
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2018 Hubbard Fellows
It’s well past time for me to provide an introduction to our latest class of Hubbard Fellows. Alex Brechbill and Olivia Schouten are spending a year of their lives working with us here in Nebraska,...
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Field Day in the Platte River Prairies – July 21, 2018
If you’re in the area, please consider joining us at the Platte River Prairies on Saturday July 21 for a special event. We’re combining our bi-weekly volunteer work day with our annual Field Day,...
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Quality Time
I was at the Niobrara Valley Preserve for two different events last week. The first was a fantastic two day meeting/tour with university scientists that defined the likely focus of our primary...
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Hubbard Fellowship Blog – Alex’s Work Pants
This post was written by Alex Brechbill, one of our Hubbard Fellows this year. Alex has a great aptitude and personality for environmental law and policy work, but not to the detriment of his outdoor...
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Prairie Limericks 2018
Thank you very much to everyone who took the time to write prairie limericks! Including them all here would have created a monstrously long post, so I just chose some of my favorites. I’d encourage...
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Photo of the Week – December 13, 2018
I’ve been (pleasantly) buried in data analysis over the last couple weeks. Despite that, I’ve managed to squeeze in a few short photography excursions into the snowy prairie. The mild forecast for...
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Best of 2018 – Part 1
Every December, I post some my favorite photos and writings from the year. This year, I was either particularly prolific or particularly bad at narrowing things down. Regardless, I decided to split...
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Photo of the Week – January 18, 2019
Well, I have gotten very little done over the last couple weeks. I’ve been sick (bad cold) and have mostly been lying around – not something I do or enjoy very much. Because of that, I haven’t written...
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Prairie Word of the Day – Phenology
Hello, and welcome to the fifth edition of the popular series, “Prairie Word of the Day.” This is the series that has previously brought you such inspiring words/phrases as Tiller, Habitat...
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Quick Hitters
Here are a few tidbits of information you might be interested in: #1. We’ve set the data for the first Citizen Science BioBlitz Prairie Extravaganza (still working on the title) at our Platte River...
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Photo of the Week – February 14, 2019
Last weekend, I went out to see how our family prairie was looking. Honestly, it didn’t really look that much different than it had a few weeks ago, but it was sure nice to be out there. I made my way...
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The topic of the day
Regular readers of this blog know that I usually publish posts twice a week. One of those posts is the Photo of the Week, which typically comes out on Thursday or Friday. The other post is much more...
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