Photos of the Week – May 15, 2026

I spent a couple days at the Niobrara Valley Preserve this week. I’ll be back again next week for our plant identification/habitat workshop on Tuesday May 19 (9am-2:30pm). If you’re int…

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"The most important message is that prairies have a lot of resilience built into them and it’s fascinating to watch that resilience on display. There are lots of good/right ways to manage prairies, depending upon your objectives, and we surely haven’t explored all of those yet. It’s ok to experiment with new approaches to see what happens. How else will we learn? "
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The Post-Grazing Year

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The Post-Grazing Year

At the beginning of the 2025 growing season, I picked out three sites I could visit repeatedly to photograph/document how a prairie responded to having been grazed the previous year. That turned ou…

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Photos of the Week – December 15, 2025

First, a quick announcement that we are again offering up to five $1,500 grants to graduate students working on research related to conservation in the Great Plains. Read more about the Weaver Gran…

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Photos of the Week – December 5, 2025

It has finally gotten cold enough for my favorite winter wetland to freeze over. Mostly. I made two quick trips this week to the restored wetland at the Platte River Prairies. It’s a former s…

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A woman walked by me when I was taking a photo. She turned around, came to stand by me, and said "Oh, it is beautiful, isn't it?". She then went on.
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Photos of the Week – November 19, 2025

Recently, I’ve spent some time mining my photo library for images to use in a couple different projects. While I was down that hole, I took advantage of the process to build some collections …

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Photos of the Week – November 14, 2025

I mean, you knew this was coming, right? If you’re on any social media platforms, you’ve already seen enough northern lights photos this week to last a lifetime. Well, guess what? I too…

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