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Category: <span>Nature</span>
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Take Refuge

Take Refuge

By Karin Johnson December 31, 2020 December 31, 2020

What is a refuge? Refuge is a part of Iroquois National Wildlife Refuge. It is a refuge for wildlife, but what about us?

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Doug Tallamy and Bringing Nature Home

Doug Tallamy and Bringing Nature Home

By Kathy Contrino December 24, 2020 December 24, 2020

Bringing Nature Home. We can bypass gridlock and inaction by creating habitat ourselves. We all have the ability to do something for our local ecosystem.

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Socially Distant Nature Sharing

Socially Distant Nature Sharing

By Celeste Morien December 17, 2020 December 17, 2020

Hi Everybody! By now we are all anxiously awaiting the news about vaccines that will meet approval for distribution to the public. All of us will especially have to still keep doing what is recommended …

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Springtails: Unexpected Life in the Snow

Springtails: Unexpected Life in the Snow

By Gerry Rising December 10, 2020 December 10, 2020

If you do much winter hiking, you will often find tiny black soot-like dots in the deep snow boot prints you have made. Few of us pay any attention to those little dots, but a …

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Wildlife Refuge or Wildlife Preserve?

Wildlife Refuge or Wildlife Preserve?

By Don Oldfield December 3, 2020 December 3, 2020

There are many words used to define a protected place of nature. Sanctuary, Preserve, Refuge – just to name a few. And exactly what gets protected varies greatly depending on the words used. Let’s take …

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Good Things Come to Those That Wait

Good Things Come to Those That Wait

By Chris Kieber November 25, 2020 November 25, 2020

Fall seems to be a sad time of year.  We lose things – warmth, leaves and favorite song birds.  However, bird migration is an astounding phenomenon. That these small, seemingly delicate creatures can travel such distances …

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Book Review:  The Overstory by Richard Powers

Book Review: The Overstory by Richard Powers

By Karin Johnson November 19, 2020 November 19, 2020

This Pulitzer Prize winning novel is the perfect winter read for anyone who cares about the preservation of public lands, and especially trees.  But … it takes reading stamina.  Beginning with a series of short …

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Which Swan is Which?

Which Swan is Which?

By Celeste Morien November 12, 2020 November 30, 2020

Many times, people wonder what type of swan they are seeing at Iroquois National Wildlife Refuge. Up until several years ago, there was really only one possible North American swan as an answer to these …

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Asters: The Flowers of Frost

Asters: The Flowers of Frost

By Gerry Rising November 5, 2020 November 7, 2020

This is a beautiful time of year here. A walk through the Iroquois Refuge or a drive into the countryside in any direction provides enough beauty to lift one’s soul. So much in fact, that …

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Ants social distance?

Ants social distance?

By Dorothy Rapp October 29, 2020 October 29, 2020

One early morning at the end of July I decided to explore the handicap trail leading from the Refuge Headquarters. I wanted to see what a young person or someone at wheelchair or stroller height …

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