Congratulations Mary Jane! You are an amateur naturalist in the best sense of the words!...
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Leoschke, Mark [DNR]
Mark.Leoschke@...
Jun 2, 2012 10:34 pm
Note that the phone number in the Iowa Native Plant Society's web page description of this field trip is incorrect. I can also be reached by cell phone at...
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Leoschke, Mark [DNR]
Mark.Leoschke@...
Jun 1, 2012 4:51 pm
Hello David, It is horse gentian (also known as feverwort and other common names),Triosteum aurantiacum. A closely related species, Triosteum perfoliatum,...
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Leoschke, Mark [DNR]
Mark.Leoschke@...
Jun 1, 2012 3:58 pm
Hello, I checked my mail yesterday and was surprised to see that a large manila envelope had two new Baltimore checkerspot butterfly stamps! Good news travels...
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Leoschke, Mark [DNR]
Mark.Leoschke@...
May 25, 2012 11:32 pm
A biologist reveals the secret world hidden in a single square meter of forest. In this wholly original book, biologist David Haskell uses a one- square-meter...
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...
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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...
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Leoschke, Mark [DNR]
Mark.Leoschke@...
Apr 4, 2012 6:24 pm
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...
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...
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Paul Cherubini
stelliomatson
Mar 13, 2012 5:19 pm
... 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 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...
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Leoschke, Mark [DNR]
Mark.Leoschke@...
Mar 13, 2012 4:31 pm
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...
"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 14, 2012 5:27 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...
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 ...