Monthly Archives: December 2014

Happy Holidays and a Peaceful, Healthy New Year

Thanks to each of you who this year have helped to restore the prairies, savannas, woodlands, and wetlands throughout Madison, Dane County, and Wisconsin.  Your individual and collective restoration work made a significant and beneficial difference to Wisconsin’s urban and rural … Continue reading

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Winter Solstice Memories–Yearning for the Sun

On the eve of the Winter Solstice 2013 on the restored Wingra Oak Savanna. December 21, 2014–There are plenty of clouds–but no sunshine–for Wisconsinites today,  so we will have to satisfy our solar desires with a view from last year’s … Continue reading

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Black Earth Rettenmund Prairie

For no particular reason other than it’s a gloomy, cold mid-December day, I thought it would be good to share some bright, sunny photos from this summer of a spectacular prairie remnant in south-central Wisconsin. Black Earth Rettenmund Prairie State … Continue reading

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