By Dale K. Nichols (Board Member) Dear friends of Shirley Heinze Land Trust: This is the seventh in a series of “snapshots” featuring our Beverly Shores/Great Marsh preserve. You will recall that my last blog post, dated August 15, focused on several of the pink and purple blossomed plants that were then dominating the Great …
Shirley Heinze Snapshot 7: The Great Marsh, September 13, 2023 Read More »
By Dale K. Nichols (Board Member) Dear friends of Shirley Heinze Land Trust: This is the sixth in a series of “snapshots” featuring our Beverly Shores/Great Marsh preserve. For reasons that will become obvious as you read this post, I am naming it “Pinks and Purples.” My dog, Riley, and I have taken daily walks …
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By: David Dornberg April 3, 2021 started out cold at 38F, but the morning was sunny with blue skies. Earlier in the week I had decided to pick-up some prepackaged wildflower seeds to plant for Shirley Heinze Land Trust. This was only my second nature outing in 2021. I would be driving to Valparaiso to …
By Evan Kaiafas The sand prairie regions of Northwest Indiana and Northeast Illinois are filled with an incredible diversity of reptiles and amphibians. Many of these species are what I like to call “sand specialists” because, through evolution, they have become perfectly equipped to deal with the unique conditions of a sand prairie ecosystem. These …
