Flip
@nwmnbiologist.bsky.social
Minnesota. Grassland Restoration Specialist. If you post about prairie, I will follow you. Occasionally witty.
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New study: backyard mosquito sprays lead to insecticide levels high enough to kill pollinators, and sprays travel easily into neighboring yards. stacksjournal.org/article/ande...
An initial assessment of risk to pollinators from mosquito control in residential settings - Stacks Journal
Peer-reviewed research - An initial assessment of risk to pollinators from mosquito control in residential settings
stacksjournal.org
December 18, 2025 at 10:21 PM
New study: backyard mosquito sprays lead to insecticide levels high enough to kill pollinators, and sprays travel easily into neighboring yards. stacksjournal.org/article/ande...
It’s going to be 60 degrees warmer today than two days ago. That’s a lot of degrees.
December 16, 2025 at 12:57 PM
It’s going to be 60 degrees warmer today than two days ago. That’s a lot of degrees.
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Great article by @danamilbank.bsky.social on hidden eastern grasslands and the organizations helping to discover, conserve and restore these high-diversity carbon sinks. Gift link, so there should be no paywall.
Mentions www.segrasslands.org,
cliftoninstitute.org, and others.
wapo.st/4pSK2Y2
Mentions www.segrasslands.org,
cliftoninstitute.org, and others.
wapo.st/4pSK2Y2
Column | Scientists discover an ancient landscape – in our own backyard
Newly recognized patches of undeveloped grassland are accidental time travelers from a distant past, and they offer answers for our 21st-century problems.
wapo.st
December 4, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Great article by @danamilbank.bsky.social on hidden eastern grasslands and the organizations helping to discover, conserve and restore these high-diversity carbon sinks. Gift link, so there should be no paywall.
Mentions www.segrasslands.org,
cliftoninstitute.org, and others.
wapo.st/4pSK2Y2
Mentions www.segrasslands.org,
cliftoninstitute.org, and others.
wapo.st/4pSK2Y2
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Boy, retraction is the thing these days. After years of critique, a foundational 25-year old paper on the safety of glyphosate herbicide has been pulled. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... 1/2
December 3, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Boy, retraction is the thing these days. After years of critique, a foundational 25-year old paper on the safety of glyphosate herbicide has been pulled. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... 1/2
With the first snowfall of the year happening today, I mowed a last-second fire break in my prairie last night in the dark. This will set me up for an April fire next spring on 1/2 the site. It will be the first fire for the restoration.
November 25, 2025 at 2:51 PM
With the first snowfall of the year happening today, I mowed a last-second fire break in my prairie last night in the dark. This will set me up for an April fire next spring on 1/2 the site. It will be the first fire for the restoration.
Kind of an interesting picture. This is the view out my bedroom window of the northern lights from last night.
November 12, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Kind of an interesting picture. This is the view out my bedroom window of the northern lights from last night.
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More evidence dispelling the seed bank myth that falsely leads practioners to believe that it's an insurance policy against distruptive disturbances to old-growth communities--disturbances that often deliberately prescribed. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1...
Seed rain and seed banks cannot supply missing diversity to the aboveground flora in reconstructed prairies
Seed-based restoration is a viable method for alleviating the loss of tallgrass prairies by creating new assemblages of prairie flora. Despite using diverse inputs of native seeds, restoration effort...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
November 7, 2025 at 2:03 PM
More evidence dispelling the seed bank myth that falsely leads practioners to believe that it's an insurance policy against distruptive disturbances to old-growth communities--disturbances that often deliberately prescribed. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1...
Holy smokes, the #northernlights were dancing tonight.
November 6, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Holy smokes, the #northernlights were dancing tonight.
Good luck, and I’ll see ya in the spring!
I’ve been moving all the Pasque flowers that I grew in a raised bed on my patio and into my #prairie restoration. They did excellent this year - biggest ones I’ve grown yet. Some have a shot at flowering in year 2.
I’ve been moving all the Pasque flowers that I grew in a raised bed on my patio and into my #prairie restoration. They did excellent this year - biggest ones I’ve grown yet. Some have a shot at flowering in year 2.
October 21, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Good luck, and I’ll see ya in the spring!
I’ve been moving all the Pasque flowers that I grew in a raised bed on my patio and into my #prairie restoration. They did excellent this year - biggest ones I’ve grown yet. Some have a shot at flowering in year 2.
I’ve been moving all the Pasque flowers that I grew in a raised bed on my patio and into my #prairie restoration. They did excellent this year - biggest ones I’ve grown yet. Some have a shot at flowering in year 2.
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New paper led by former post-bac researcher Isabelle Turner, with @chriscatano.bsky.social:
Seeding density alters the role of soil moisture in structuring plant abundance during prairie restoration
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Seeding density alters the role of soil moisture in structuring plant abundance during prairie restoration
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
October 10, 2025 at 1:41 PM
New paper led by former post-bac researcher Isabelle Turner, with @chriscatano.bsky.social:
Seeding density alters the role of soil moisture in structuring plant abundance during prairie restoration
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Seeding density alters the role of soil moisture in structuring plant abundance during prairie restoration
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
I remember when 60° used to be the day time high in October. Now, it’s the overnight low temp. 👀
October 2, 2025 at 12:04 PM
I remember when 60° used to be the day time high in October. Now, it’s the overnight low temp. 👀
Hill’s thistle (Cirsium pumilum var. hillii), one of our native thistles, found blooming on a native prairie hillside today. Spectacular plant.
October 2, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Hill’s thistle (Cirsium pumilum var. hillii), one of our native thistles, found blooming on a native prairie hillside today. Spectacular plant.
The algorithm that controls my ‘thumbprint’ radio on pandora should be studied. Soooo good.
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September 28, 2025 at 1:17 AM
The algorithm that controls my ‘thumbprint’ radio on pandora should be studied. Soooo good.
🎶🎸🥁🎵
🎶🎸🥁🎵
Tonight’s #prairie restoration view is a bit different. This is a baby snapping turtle that I found crawling away from the prairie and towards the river. Since my dog was very interested in it, I decided to bring it down to the river myself and let it go.
September 22, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Tonight’s #prairie restoration view is a bit different. This is a baby snapping turtle that I found crawling away from the prairie and towards the river. Since my dog was very interested in it, I decided to bring it down to the river myself and let it go.
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The island that banned hives: can honeybees actually harm nature?
The island that banned hives: can honeybees actually harm nature?
On a tiny Italian island, scientists conducted a radical experiment to see if the bees were causing their wild cousins to decline
www.theguardian.com
September 18, 2025 at 12:08 PM
The island that banned hives: can honeybees actually harm nature?
It’s always a treat to see blooming Pasque flowers. And extra fun when you find one in the fall - seen this little guy today. #prairie #nativeplants
September 17, 2025 at 10:52 PM
It’s always a treat to see blooming Pasque flowers. And extra fun when you find one in the fall - seen this little guy today. #prairie #nativeplants
This is a hell of a sign. Just look at that patina.
September 17, 2025 at 2:40 AM
This is a hell of a sign. Just look at that patina.
I seen this today. Would love to hear this story.
September 17, 2025 at 2:39 AM
I seen this today. Would love to hear this story.
I’ve seen fringed gentian plenty of times, but I have never picked it for seed… until now. This seed will find a new home on a #prairie restoration a few miles away. #moreprairieplease
September 12, 2025 at 10:40 PM
I’ve seen fringed gentian plenty of times, but I have never picked it for seed… until now. This seed will find a new home on a #prairie restoration a few miles away. #moreprairieplease