September 2020 Program Recap A PLEASANT EVENING AT WITTENBACH WEGE CENTER Masked Wild Ones and friends gathered for our first in–person meeting since February. The weather was perfect to be outside on the back deck to listen to Courtney Cheers, the Wittenbach Wege Center (WWC) director. Courtney was introduced by Rebecca Marquardt, one of the […] Continue reading "A PLEASANT EVENING AT WITTENBACH WEGE CENTER"
Strong winds whipped trees to the breaking point throughout the Cedar Springs area causing great damage. Power outage hit much of Cedar Springs where homes were without electricity for 24 hours or longer. Tiny insects like the Harvester butterfly survived. I saw one standing in its usual haunt on a following sunny day. My article […] Continue reading "Ranger Steve’s Nature Niche: Trees Down"
RANGER STEVE’S NATURE NICHE Sensing Sequence and Succession By Ranger Steve Mueller Sequence of flowers through the seasons brings new beauty to our eyes and nose with each passing week as spring progresses from brown duff to the laying of autumn leaves. The sequence fills our senses of sight and smell but delicate, rough, smooth, […] Continue reading "Ranger Steve’s Nature Niche: Sensing Sequence and Succession"
7th ANNUAL NATIVE PLANT SALE GOES VIRTUAL AND BREAKS SALES RECORDS In April, the WORC board debated whether to cancel the seventh annual native plant sale and garden tour. On the one hand, a large, public fundraiser in the middle of a worldwide epidemic in our Native Plant Education Garden would be risky, but cancellation […] Continue reading "NATIVE PLANT SALE GOES VIRTUAL AND BREAKS SALES RECORDS"
RANGER STEVE’S NATURE NICHE Mid and Late Summer Flowers By Ranger Steve Mueller The progression of flower blooms advances faster than I can keep record or even identify. Grasses and sedges bloom with cryptic flowers. Many are fairly easy to identify but it takes practice. I should have taken a grass and sedge course to […] Continue reading "Ranger Steve’s Nature Niche – Mid and Late Summer Flowers"