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Oregon native, Lewisia rediviva ("Bitteroot"), in the wild at The Nature Conservancy's Juniper Hills preserve.
The Nature Conservancy has restored this magnificent pine flatwoods forest. It boasts a forest patch of Pitcher Plants, which are insectivores.
Check out this magnificent nature conservancy at www.hcconservancy.org
Attend one of their programs, walk the grounds, enjoy an educational experience and maybe volunteer.
Worker ants remove vegetation in circular areas or craters around nests. Colonies occur in open areas and usually have a single central opening. The area around the opening usually has small pebbles deposited on the soil surface by the worker ants. Often there is no vegetation within a 3- to 6-foot circle around the central opening of the colony, and along foraging trails radiating from the colony. Red harvester ant foragers collect seeds and dead insects and store them in the nests as food for the colony.
Fall colors at Ramsey Canyon Preserve, part of the Nature Conservancy. Taken outside the town of Sierra Vista, located in southern Arizona.
One of many isolated lakes found while doing conservation easement monitoring on a Nature Conservancy property.
William B. Clark Conservation Area, a boardwalk through the cypress swamps of the Wolf River bottoms near Rossville, Tennessee.
Instead of heading west to the Rockies, we decided to check out Horseshoe Canyon Conservancy area for a little hike. Descending into the canyon, we did a tiny bit of elevation, and the landforms were wonderful. Recommended for an interesting short walk.
The green green green of the canyon floor is almost virulent compared to the rocky hills surrounding it.
(c) 2009 Charles L. Smart.
Harsh mid-day light at The Meadows, Cape May, NJ. Looks dull. But from a different angle, the same individual reflects the light and ... (see the comment photo below)
Testing various lenses. This shot was taken with a Tamron 28-75mm 2.8 -- 28mm focal length. Settings were on automatic.
Kayakers approaching Yellow Island
WSU Beach Watchers Program
Long known to passengers aboard Washington's San Juan Islands ferries for its dramatic display of spring wildflowers, Yellow Island is among the most colorful of The Nature Conservancy's holdings. The small preserve's springtime display of floral profusion and diversity is greater than that of any other similar-sized area in the 170-island San Juan archipelago.
Got to hike with good friends, my wonderful mother and my 22-month old son at the beautiful Falls Ridge Preserve in Ellett Valley, Virginia.
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