If you want this adorable caterpillar in your garden, you need to include Lindera benzoin, common name Spicebush, in your landscape. I am...

Winter conditions play a role in what the lake could look like next season According to an email I received from Indiana Climate...

phenology [fəˈnäləjē] NOUN the study of cyclic and seasonal natural phenomena, especially in relation to climate and plant and animal...

photo courtesy of Dave Gibson I am always looking for topics for blog articles and often inspiration comes in the form of, what I call,...

According to The Environmental Protection Agency, sediment – loose sand, silt, clay and other soil particles – is the most common...

If you are of a certain age, you will certainly recognize that song title! Frogs and toads are easily misidentified and misunderstood....

I recently received notification that Indiana Department of Environmental Management (IDEM) had updated their 303(d) list, a water...

Image courtesy of Dave Hunter, Crownbees I am sure you are well aware that across the world pollinators are in trouble. Their decline is...

Wetlands are not just puddles or “low spots with some cattails.” They serve a vital role in the environment; flood control, pollution...

Today’s blog is not about Lake Maxinkuckee or conservation but I had such a positive experience yesterday that I wanted to share. I...

It is that time of year for self-absorbed blog writers (because let’s face it – by writing a blog I have to be a little self-absorbed to...

Environmental impacts of winter salt use. Salt used on roadways, sidewalks and parking lots doesn’t just disappear when the snow and ice...

After publishing my last article about Portledge, more than one person commented about the Vice Presidential visit to that cottage in the...

Although some may not see the harm in blowing their leaves into the lake, since leaves are “natural,” it is the cumulative effect of...

As stated in Lawn to Meadow – Part I, traditional turf lawns are food deserts that are unwelcoming for both birds and insects. In...

We don’t need data from the National Weather Service to know that it is DRY! From brown lawns to desiccated soybean fields to exposed...

Manicured Lawns – A Brief History The concept of closely cut, well-kept grass areas in gardens premiered in the 1700s in England and...

Part Two of our Learn the Lake series included a session on benthic macroinvertebrates. The name says it all. Benthic meaning bottom...

Summer has finally arrived!  After a long, cold, wet spring, warm temperatures are here.  And along with the warm temps come the green...

ForestIN is a program to increase the state’s tree canopy by planting a million trees. Indiana DNR’s Division of Forestry will manage the...