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The black bear phone calls started today…

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The President’s FY 2026 “Skinny Budget” proposes the elimination of the U.S. Forest Service’s State, Private, and Tribal Forestry (SPTF) programs—this would absolutely devastate the KS Forest Service. Call your reps.

submitted 1 day ago • 1 comment

There’s not going to be a happy ending for the first Kansas City black bear…

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Purple Milkweed hasn’t bloomed yet but it’s one of my favorite early summer woodland blooms.

submitted 1 day ago • 1 comment

This might become a milkweed account for the month of May.

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Asclepias amplexicaulis is a rare find. Rarely pollinated. I know of three individuals in this 1700 acre park.

submitted 2 days ago • 2 comments

We split up and did different mountain bike trails but just sent each other photos of plants and animals the whole time lol

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Saint Cloud is so damn good. Wish Waxahatchee and Wilco were playing a show in KC.

submitted 3 days ago • 1 comment

Sunday morning music with Daptone Records.

submitted 3 days ago • 1 comment

The second season of Andor is heavy….

submitted 5 days ago • 1 comment

Someone saved us from a bobcat hiding in the backyard, now she’s in full protection mode 😂

submitted 6 days ago • 1 comment

I'm not yet quite at "Abolish ICE", but I'm getting to be awfully anti-anti-Abolish ICE. kansasreflector.com/2025/05/04/a...

submitted 8 days ago • 76 comments

Hopefully my team is still talking to me tomorrow after a full day of setting up an experimental mycorrhizal prairie planting 😬

submitted 8 days ago • 2 comments

Wild that we pulled off a 500+ acre new prairie in a county with 600,000 people. Filming content about the project this week.

submitted 8 days ago • 0 comments

I highly recommend getting outside this week in Kansas City. Swope Park, Big Bull Creek, Wyco, or Cedar Niles Park.

submitted 8 days ago • 0 comments

We don’t deserve slender glass lizards. They’re perfect. 10/10. No legs, no problems.

submitted 9 days ago • 0 comments

You don’t realize how loud the urban world is until you birdwatch. Relentless noise.

submitted 10 days ago • 1 comment

Recently I watched a male and female Red-winged Blackbird (only the male is in these photos) attack a Sandhill Crane in the marsh. Typically the female only joins in when the crane is very close to the Red-winged Blackbird nest, and I was correct;

submitted 11 days ago • 10 comments

I know spring has sprung when the first portrait photographer drags a couch into the prairies I manage.

submitted 11 days ago • 2 comments

Officially an old dog.

submitted 11 days ago • 1 comment

Awesome local foraging video my friend put together! White pine/dandelion cookies. youtu.be/r3rQd2-CVVE?...

submitted 12 days ago • 0 comments

The National Science Foundation, a major government funder of basic science research, is being shaken up with over 1,000 grants already terminated and the White House looking to halve its budget.

submitted 12 days ago • 206 comments

The joy of my first scissortail of the year is tempered with expanding suburban development laying waste to their habitat.

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Stunning 5 year old prairie I planted right before Covid hit. Balanced and on track towards stability.

submitted 14 days ago • 3 comments

Had gravy based dishes at Ragazza and Lady Bird Diner this weekend. My poor arteries….

submitted 17 days ago • 0 comments

Diamond Jubilee by Cindy Lee is so fucking good. 10/10

submitted 18 days ago • 0 comments

I’ve spent more of my life trying to define park classification types and allowable uses than any other professional conversation.

submitted 19 days ago • 1 comment

A garage sale this morning had sooooo many good alternative CDs in Lenexa.

submitted 19 days ago • 0 comments

Beautiful swallowtail surprise in the backyard!

submitted 21 days ago • 0 comments

5 years from seed to bloom for Baptisia australis. I’ve been restoring this unit for 11 years. It’s a slow grind.

submitted 21 days ago • 0 comments

5 years from seed to bloom for Baptisia australis. I’ve been restoring this unit for 11 years. It’s a slow grind.

submitted 21 days ago • 0 comments

Tennessee Warbler this morning! Migration is ramping up.

submitted 21 days ago • 0 comments

I’ve watched natural systems collapse for the last 20 years. The loss of birds and invertebrates is noticeable. It hurts. We push forward and do the work regardless. Happy Earth Day!

submitted 22 days ago • 2 comments

An old growth prairie out my office window is 10/10

submitted 27 days ago • 0 comments