The Wolves & Wildlife of Yellowstone – November 10, 2023

Posted on November 12, 2023 by WCBC

Join Joe & Mary for their January 2023 tour of the Tetons and Yellowstone and see the wildlife (and snow!). “The temperature at Grand Teton was Minus 14 ! We will show all the winter scenes at Old Faithful and the thermal features, but most of the tour was spotting wolves and wolf packs. We saw 3 different packs and maybe ¼ of the wolves in the park. Of course, also exciting was the 5,000+ elk at the National Elk Preserve in their winter feeding grounds and innumerable Bison!” Photography by Joe Standaert.

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Glassy Mountain Scout – September 2, 2023

Posted on November 5, 2023 by WCBC

Glassy Mountain is a monadnock that is the remnant of a pluton. For information on its origins check the post here.  Read more info on the plants at Glassy in Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve by Patrick D. McMillan

We didn’t get to Glassy on the field trip this year, but fortunately Joe took pictures when he scouted. Photography by Joe Standaert. Click on any picture to zoom. Plants that are non-native to North America are indicated by an asterisk (*) placed after the species name.

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Wintergreen Falls – October 27, 2023

Posted on October 30, 2023 by WCBC

Beautiful fall day & a great turnout for our last walk of the year. Photography by Ken Borgfeldt, Billy Dinwiddie, Penny Longhurst, & Joe Standaert. Click on any picture to zoom & enter the slide show. Plants that are non-native to North America are indicated by an asterisk (*) placed after the species name.

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Ashmore Heritage Preserve – October 20, 2023

Posted on October 22, 2023 by WCBC

We wanted to check out whether anything was growing on the dam after it was bush-hogged in the late spring. Still loads of wildflowers, but the Virginia Willow (Itea virginica), Sparkleberry (Vaccinium arboreum), & Maleberry (Lyonia ligustrina) that we saw blooming in May are long gone. We also saw a huge, creepy, invasive Joro spider! Photography by Penny Longhurst & Joe Standaert (Click on any picture to zoom).

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Sam Knob Meadow – October 12, 2023

Posted on October 15, 2023 by WCBC

This is our final monthly post on the flora of Sam Knob Meadow. Still some Asters and Gentians blooming, and the fall colors appearing. Photography by Ken Borgfeldt, Mary Knierim, and Aleta Tisdale. Click on any picture to zoom & enter the slide show.

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