"If human beings were not so impressed by size alone, they would consider an ant more wonderful than a rhinoceros". Wilson, E. O. 1987. The little things...
Registration for the 4th annual Day of Insects at Reiman Gardens on March 24th 2012 is now online: ...
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Leoschke, Mark [DNR]
Mark.Leoschke@...
Jan 6, 2012 5:37 pm
"There are, in my opinion, too many specialists and too few naturalists in the world today." Willis Stanley Blatchley, Indiana naturalist (1859-1940) ...
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Leoschke, Mark [DNR]
Mark.Leoschke@...
Jan 9, 2012 4:40 pm
Join the Iowa Women in Natural Resources (IWINR) for their 24th annual conference Feb. 2-3, 2012 at Springbrook Education Center near Guthrie Center, IA. The...
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Leoschke, Mark [DNR]
Mark.Leoschke@...
Jan 9, 2012 7:57 pm
Hello, There is something odd about the attachment that was part of the e-mail I sent out this morning about the Iowa Women in Natural Resources conference and...
Hello, I bumped into this program this afternoon on PBS. It showcases the scientists and specimens of the British Museum of Natural History in London (well...
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Leoschke, Mark [DNR]
Mark.Leoschke@...
Jan 24, 2012 4:49 pm
Hello, The link to this web page is found in a web page mentioned in James Trager's e-mail this morning: http://web.missouri.edu/~guyetter/missouri_comp2.pdf ...
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Leoschke, Mark [DNR]
Mark.Leoschke@...
Feb 2, 2012 3:27 pm
Thanks to Lloyd Crim for sending this link to me. http://www.ottawacitizen.com/life/Taxing+times+taxonomy/6028252/story.html?cid=megadrop_story...
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Leoschke, Mark [DNR]
Mark.Leoschke@...
Feb 2, 2012 4:17 pm
Life Histories of Cascadia Butterflies by David G. James<http://www.amazon.com/David-G.-James/e/B0052XWXAU/ref=ntt_athr_dp_pel_1> and David Nunnallee ...
"Chickadee Check-off" got a boost in the 2010 Tax Season BOONE - Wildlife conservation got a boost during the 2010 tax year from donations to the Fish and...
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Leoschke, Mark [DNR]
Mark.Leoschke@...
Feb 28, 2012 7:35 pm
"Chickadee Check-off" got a boost in the 2010 Tax Season BOONE - Wildlife conservation got a boost during the 2010 tax year from donations to the Fish and...
This journey gave me the fulfillment of my dreams of the prairies. In 1855 there was not a tree within three miles of Grinnell. We could see for miles, and all...
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Leoschke, Mark [DNR]
Mark.Leoschke@...
Mar 13, 2012 4:52 pm
Hello, The source of the prairie quote is from "Guide to Prairie Sites near Grinnell, Iowa" published by the Center for Prairie Studies at Grinnell College...
... Does anyone know if that situation represents the natural (not human altered) state of the Grinnell area? Or the outcome of land management regimes that...
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Leoschke, Mark [DNR]
Mark.Leoschke@...
Mar 13, 2012 6:29 pm
Hello, A good book that addresses the impact of Native Americans and European settlers on plant communities is Changes in the Land: Indians, Colonists, and the...
Prairie Chicken Festival April 6-7 The 2012 Annual Prairie Chicken Festival will be this Friday and Saturday, April 6 - 7, in Ringgold County. The event will...
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Leoschke, Mark [DNR]
Mark.Leoschke@...
Apr 18, 2012 9:22 pm
Note the "Lyme Disease Human Risk Map" near the bottom of the article. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-17733460...
Hi, I went to Lacey-Keosaqua State Park and the adjacent Keosaqua Unit of Shimek State Forest to look for butterflies on Saturday. The weather didn't...
