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The Promise of Restoration

by Steve Glass The science and practice of restoration ecology is a forward-looking, multifaceted discipline that has both deep roots in the past and a future-oriented perspective. Although a young discipline, restoration ecology has a remarkable history and a...Read More

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Photo Essay on Restoration of Eastern Prairie Fringed Orchid in Wisconsin

by Steve Glass, The Restoration Ecology Lab Restoration Ecology in Action This photo sequence documents a case in which humans can be part of the solution to environmental problems. The photos illustrate how The Swamplovers Preserve near Cross Plains, Wisconsin...Read More

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Celebrating Biodiversity: Native Seeds in the Midwest

by Aaron Egan, Genesis Nursery Milkweed is most associated with monarch butterflies and is growing in popular use, however they are not the only plant you want to attract a diversity of pollinators. Diversity of ecosystem plays an integral part...Read More

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Community Involvement to Address a Long-standing Invasive Species Problem: Aspects of Civic Ecology in Practice

by Rebecca Dolan, Friesner Herbarium and Center for Urban Ecology, Butler University. SER MWGL Indiana Representative. Colleagues and I have a paper published in the September issue of Ecological Restoration on a community-based effort to reconnect people to waterways in...Read More

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Putting the Piece of the Prairie Back Together in Illinois – Bison in the Nachusa Grassland

by Roger Anderson In Sand County Almanac, Aldo Leopold described the occurrence of a single compass plant in a graveyard that was established in the 1840’s. Each year in July, the plant produced a single flowering stalk with “…yellow saucer-sized...Read More

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HELPING MICHIGAN’S ONLY VENOMOUS SNAKE

“You do what?!” people ask me after I tell them I work to protect rattlesnakes and their habitats. When I explain that it is the eastern massasauga rattlesnake (Sistrurus catenatus), which is a species of special concern whose population in...Read More

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Welcome!

Welcome to the blog for the Midwest Great Lakes Chapter of the Society of Ecological Restoration! Bear with us while we get comfortable with the technology, but expect blog posts from our president, restoration research, practitioner, arts and humanities, key...Read More