Ecological Detention Basin Design Detention basin design needs refreshing. Let’s move beyond the mown-turf design. We’re tired of looking at these… Instead, lets design our detention basins to function as rich habitat for butterflies, amphibians, dragonflies, birds, and interesting plant species.…
Africa ‘soil crisis threat’ to future
Africa ‘soil crisis threat’ to future http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-30277514 Posted from the field by Mark
Scientists’ greener future vision
Scientists’ greener future vision http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-30277519 Posted from the field by Mark
Six Ways Animals use Fake Eyes
Six Ways Animals use Fake Eyes Eyes can be beautiful. Mysterious. Alluring. They can also be deceptive, no more so than in the animal kingdom, where a range of species display fake eyes on their bodies. Such eyespots, which appear…
Big City, Big Surprise: New York City’s Newest Species Is a Frog
Only the second new frog species found in the continental United States in the past 30 years, it remained hidden in plain sight in a city of 8.4 million people. Even in one of the most densely populated places on…
Urban farming helps feed the world
Urban farming helps feed the world http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-30182326 Posted from the field by Mark
ArcheWild Launches Its Ecoregion 064a Seed Farm
ArcheWild officially started its local ecotype seed farm in November 2014 in Hatfield PA. This eight-acre parcel will host 100+ native plant species from EcoRegion 064a, which represents the Newark-Philadelphia-Baltimore corridor. About 2 acres of warm season grasses are being…
Controlled burning may become an accepted and adopted restoration practice
Controlled burning may become both an accepted and adopted restoration practice Timely and targeted use of fire to reset the ecological clock for a natural landscape area has been a desire for ecologists for many years. Controlled burning can play…
Salamanders are an abundant food source in forest ecosystems
Salamanders are an abundant food source in forest ecosystems In the 1970s, ecologists published results from one of the first whole-forest ecosystem studies ever conducted in Hubbard Brook, New Hampshire. In the paper, scientists reported that salamanders represent one of…
Cattail Use in the Landscape
Cattail Use in the Landscape Introduction Historically, the cattail was viewed and used as an everyday source of food and construction materials. During the last 50-100 years, public opinion soured and cattails were vilified as invasive and destructive; much research…