by Joy Stewart | Sep 30, 2018 | Goings on at SHADOW
Thank you! Thank you! The Frog Frolic was so much fun! We hope you enjoyed the fabulous music, games, prizes, and auction. Thank you to our volunteers, donors, and participants at the unfrogettable 22nd Annual Frog Frolic. We raised over $6,000 to continuing our...
by Joy Stewart | Sep 3, 2018 | Goings on at SHADOW
Adam Spears donated over 100 hours of his summer vacation from Green River College to SHADOW Lake Nature Preserve in the form of a Restoration Internship. During these past few months, Adam was hard at work removing invasive species from SHADOW’s grounds. He...
by Joy Stewart | Sep 3, 2018 | News, Wetlands
Could a drainage ditch once again be a bog? Bogs and mires are viewed as places of mystery and peace in Estonian heritage. Estonia is home to some of the world’s oldest bogs and peatlands and they make up a fifth of this country’s mainland. About a...
by Joy Stewart | Sep 3, 2018 | Goings on at SHADOW, Native animals
North American River Otter – Lontra canadensis River otters are semi-aquatic mammals commonly thrive in rivers, lakes, coastal bogs, swamps, wetlands, or estuary ecosystems in the USA and Canada. Aided by their webbed feet, streamlined body, muscular tail, and...
by Joy Stewart | Sep 3, 2018 | Native plants
Sitka Spruce – Picea sitchensis If you have ever grabbed a conifer tree and were poked by its particularly spiky needles, those needles likely belonged to a spruce tree. Known for its tough leaves and scaly bark, the Sitka spruce is a classic tree of the Pacific...
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