Arboretum & Wildlife Center Fall Report 2011
Activities of students and volunteers working in the WSU Arboretum & Wildlife Conservation Center (AWCC) are highlighted in the Fall Report 2011. This report illustrates and describes fieldwork and development projects on the AWCC, including the new citizen science project on pollinators in Palouse Prairie that was prototyped by students during the fall. NOTE: The … Continue reading
A Natural Education at WSU
I just witnessed a race to survive on campus – quite literally. And the winner managed, but ever so barely, to survive. That’s what I call reality – and it’s certainly not like the fake, highly contrived reality offered on television. It makes me wonder how much natural education students miss by spending their days … Continue reading
How to Grow a Tortoiseshell
If you’re an ordinary tortoise, growing your shell might take you more than 150 years. But if you’re a tortoiseshell butterfly, life goes by much more quickly than that. It was such a cool and wet spring on Palouse Prairie in eastern Washington, that it didn’t seem like there were as many butterflies around as … Continue reading
The First Flutterby (…Butterfly) of the Season
I saw my first butterfly of the season today on April 9th. It was orangish, medium size, maybe with some darker spots or patterns of some kind on the wing, moving fast – okay it’s already gone! What was it? How in the world can I figure out what species of butterfly that might have … Continue reading
Rod Sayler
Nature @ WSU 