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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.
Bison crossing; US Mexico border; Nature Conservancy, Rancho Uno, Janos, Chihuahua, Mexico, Cindy Tolle, Tutuaca Mountain School
The Nature Conservancy has restored this magnificent pine flatwoods forest. It boasts a forest patch of Pitcher Plants, which are insectivores.
Fall colors at Ramsey Canyon Preserve, part of the Nature Conservancy. Taken outside the town of Sierra Vista, located in southern Arizona.
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.
William B. Clark Conservation Area, a boardwalk through the cypress swamps of the Wolf River bottoms near Rossville, Tennessee.
(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)
This Nature Conservancy preserve is not open to the public, but protects an intact vernal pool/grassland ecosystem in an area otherwise mostly developed.
My friend, and now housemate, Brogan was visiting back in April. I'm happy that I was able to show her this awesome, if a little cold, western fence lizard.
Testing various lenses. This shot was taken with a Tamron 28-75mm 2.8 -- 28mm focal length. Settings were on automatic.
Fall colors at Ramsey Canyon Preserve, part of the Nature Conservancy. Taken outside the town of Sierra Vista, located in southern Arizona.
Fall colors at Ramsey Canyon Preserve, part of the Nature Conservancy. Taken outside the town of Sierra Vista, located in southern Arizona.
Bee colony collapses
www.nrdc.org/wildlife/animals/bees.asp?gclid=CLix86_pipMC...
Silence of the bees
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.