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Category: <span>Conservation</span>
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Category: Conservation

Book Review:  The Hidden Life of Trees by Peter Wohlleben

Book Review: The Hidden Life of Trees by Peter Wohlleben

By Karin Johnson September 10, 2020 September 10, 2020

I’ve always loved trees.  I treasure my walks on the wooded trails at INWR…the Kanyoo,  the Swallow Hollow and the Onondaga. Now, since reading The Hidden Life of Trees by Peter Wohlleben, I see the …

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From Milkweed to Monarchs

From Milkweed to Monarchs

By Lauren Tingco July 30, 2020 July 30, 2020

This morning I spotted a Monarch Butterfly (Danaus plexippus) on the flowering Swamp Milkweed (Asclepias incarnata) in my backyard. Monarchs are from the Nymphalidae (nym-PHAL-li-dee) family, subfamily Danainae (dah-NAY-i-nee) because their larval host plants are …

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New York Junior Duck Stamp Contest Winner

New York Junior Duck Stamp Contest Winner

By Celeste Morien April 15, 2020 April 22, 2020

Chowon Kim, age 17, of Bayside, New York, has been chosen as the Best of Show winner of the 2020-2021 New York Junior Duck Stamp Competition. Kim’s impressive acrylic rendering of a hooded merganser, entitled …

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Youth Conservation Corps is Working Hard!

Youth Conservation Corps is Working Hard!

By FINWR July 25, 2013 May 9, 2020

This year’s YCC crew has been very busy! We have four YCC members and two leaders this summer. Kari Neilson, from the Student Conservation Association, has been working alongside Bethany Crahen to lead Taylor Burns …

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Forest Improvement Project

Forest Improvement Project

By FINWR June 26, 2010 May 9, 2020

During the month of May Iroquois NWR completed its first forest improvement project which focused on replacing a non-native conifer plantation with native tree species. The first planting consisted of a 17 acre plantation that …

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