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Nature Net: Farming Fun!
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The Environmental Learning Network. Thursday, August 15, 2013. August at the Aldo Leopold Nature Center means weekends full of Farming Fun. The center has a brand new food garden and plenty of fun activities to help you learn the relationships between farming, food, and our climate. Learn more about Farming Fun exhibit explorations here. Looking for more about gardens, food, and farming? Check out Troy Gardens Community GroundWorks. This month, I've been thinking about starting a food garden myself!
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Nature Net: March 2014
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The Environmental Learning Network. Friday, March 14, 2014. Ancient Assemblages of Birds: Rails, Herons, Cranes, and Landfowl- Birding Adventure, Week 5. Wisconsin finally seems to have decided that spring is on its way, and with spring will come some pretty amazing and wildly-colored rails, herons, cranes, and other landfowl. Some landfowl do. A few weeks ago, our morning birding group was down by a little spot of open water off of Lake Wingra in the UW Arboretum. What do you think it was surviving on?
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Nature Net: June 2014
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The Environmental Learning Network. Tuesday, June 24, 2014. The Power of Pollinators. In honor of National Pollinator Week last week, Nature Net is here for your pollination education! Occurs when the pollen from the male part of the flower (stamen) is transferred to the female part of the same or another flower (stigma). This fertilizes the plant and leads to the production of fruits and seeds! Pollinators play an essential role in flowering plant. Reproduction, as only about 20% of plants. Flies, wasps,.
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Nature Net: August 2013
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The Environmental Learning Network. Thursday, August 15, 2013. August at the Aldo Leopold Nature Center means weekends full of Farming Fun. The center has a brand new food garden and plenty of fun activities to help you learn the relationships between farming, food, and our climate. Learn more about Farming Fun exhibit explorations here. Looking for more about gardens, food, and farming? Check out Troy Gardens Community GroundWorks. This month, I've been thinking about starting a food garden myself!
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Nature Net: June 2013
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The Environmental Learning Network. Thursday, June 27, 2013. Hello from the newest Nature Net intern! I love to fish! My name is Melanie Shibley and I'm a senior at UW majoring in Zoology. I moved to Wisconsin for college, originally being from Minnesota, and took my love of nature with me! And here I am now, helping spread knowledge and love for nature through blog posts. Posts, and more. I am excited to be a part of this team and I can't wait to get working. :). A little about myself:. Thursday, June 1...
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Nature Net: More than Just Mallards--Birding Adventure, Week 2
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The Environmental Learning Network. Friday, February 7, 2014. More than Just Mallards- Birding Adventure, Week 2. Here's a bird diagram with all of its different parts labeled. During Madison summers, male and female mallards and their ducklings can be found almost everywhere, but did you know that amongst these highly common ducks are a number of other less-well-known species? Our lab session this week involved going to the University of Wisconsin-Madison Zoological Museum. The first time I identified o...
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Nature Net: Mixed Winter Flocks and More--Birding Adventure, Week 4
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The Environmental Learning Network. Friday, February 14, 2014. Mixed Winter Flocks and More- Birding Adventure, Week 4. In the winter months, birds often gather into large, mixed-species flocks. When you think about it, it's not such a bad idea! They can keep one another warm, find food together, and protect one another from predators (like the birds of prey. The Belted Kingfisher is on the list for this week, thought it is not. The other birds that are new on the list this week include the. To go birdin...
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Nature Net: May 2014
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The Environmental Learning Network. Tuesday, May 20, 2014. Trip to The International Crane Foundation. A few weeks ago Nature Net Intern, Emma, went with her Birds of Southern Wisconsin class on a field trip to one of Nature Net's member centers, The International Crane Foundation. The International Crane Foundation has been around for approximately 40 years and does conservation work with many species of cranes, has a resident pair of each species, does education work, and much more! Whooping Cranes, ICF.
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Nature Net: Ancient Assemblages of Birds: Rails, Herons, Cranes, and Landfowl--Birding Adventure, Week 5
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The Environmental Learning Network. Friday, March 14, 2014. Ancient Assemblages of Birds: Rails, Herons, Cranes, and Landfowl- Birding Adventure, Week 5. Wisconsin finally seems to have decided that spring is on its way, and with spring will come some pretty amazing and wildly-colored rails, herons, cranes, and other landfowl. Some landfowl do. A few weeks ago, our morning birding group was down by a little spot of open water off of Lake Wingra in the UW Arboretum. What do you think it was surviving on?
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