Author: Renae Blum

Aerial view of prescribed fires across the landscape to control eastern redcedar.
Conservation

New Research on Eastern Redcedar

For decades, mechanical removal has been a key strategy to control eastern redcedar, an invasive species sweeping north across the Great Plains. But new research from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln indicates that this method isn’t as successful as previously expected.

A man and woman look for insects during a citizen science event.
Conservation

Citizen Science

By Renae Blum Jessica Gieseke is a bumble bee-catching machine. She picks her way through a clump of goldenrod buzzing with flies and soldier beetles and spots her target. In one swift, graceful movement, Gieseke slides a vial along a stem, tips a bumble bee inside and caps the vial. […]