Clik here to view.
Second Update on Wildfire Impacts at the Niobrara Valley Preserve – August 1,...
As promised, I’ve gotten through my photos from last week’s wildfire and can give you a more complete report on the status of our Niobrara Valley Preserve. The fires in our area are now out, and most...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Early Recovery from the Wildfire at the Niobrara Valley Preserve
I was back up at the Niobrara Valley Preserve last week to help with a roundup and sorting of the east bison herd (more on that later this week). While I was there, I was glad to see the prairies...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Wildfire Recovery at The Niobrara Valley Preserve – Asking The Big Questions
Most of you are familiar with the wildfire that affected our Niobrara Valley Preserve this summer. Well, we’re still trying to regain our footing after that event. A great deal of time and money has...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Photo of the Week – April 25, 2013
I made a quick trip up to our Niobrara Valley Preserve this week to help set up time lapse cameras that will help document recovery from last year’s massive wildfires. More on that next week… The...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Wildfire Recovery at The Niobrara Valley Preserve – Spring Green Up
Spring is finally changing the color of The Nature Conservancy’s Niobrara Valley Preserve in north central Nebraska. After last summer’s wildfire and drought, much of the Preserve was barren and brown...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Photo of the Week – June 7, 2013
Prairies demonstrate their resilience regularly, but usually in a fairly subtle way. They tend to adjust their plant composition after fire, grazing, or drought in ways you might not notice unless you...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Watching the Sandhills Bounce Back at the Niobrara Valley Preserve
I took our Hubbard Fellows up to the Niobrara Valley Preserve in north-central Nebraska last week. While we were there, I spent quite a bit of time in the east bison pasture, where the recovery of...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Continuing Wildfire Recovery at the Niobrara Valley Preserve
When I was at the Niobrara Valley Preserve a couple weeks ago, I spent some time exploring the area north of the river where the 2012 wildfire ripped through oak savanna and ponderosa pine woodland....
View ArticleClik here to view.
Photo of the Week – November 5, 2015
As I was looking at some of my recent photos from our Niobrara Valley Preserve, I realized that I have a series of photos from approximately the same vantage point that illustrates the site’s recovery...
View ArticleClik here to view.
A Walk in What Used to be Woods
I drove up to the Niobrara Valley Preserve this week and arrived in time for a long hike before dark on Monday evening. It was the kind of opportunity to wander and think that is critically important...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Photo of the Week – April 7, 2016
Look, more timelapse photography… A photo taken by a timelapse camera mounted high on a windmill looking over bison-grazed prairie at The Nature Conservancy’s Niobrara Valley Preserve in Nebraska. I’m...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Rising from the ashes. Again and again.
Fire and prairies go together like bologna and ketchup. (There is no discussion about that, by the way, it’s just a fact.) It’s always fun to watch prairies green up following a prescribed fire....
View ArticleClik here to view.
Photo of the Week- June 10, 2016
I’ve written many times about the 2012 wildfire that impacted our Niobrara Valley Preserve, and the continuing recovery of the plant and animal communities there. When I was up at the Preserve a few...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Photo of the Week – July 28, 2016
Those of you who have followed this blog for a while know about the big wildfire that swept across The Nature Conservancy’s Niobrara Valley Preserve back in 2012. One of the results of that fire was...
View Article