Riparian Preserve 🦆
#waterstream #nature #outdoors #flowingwater #naturepreserves #arizona #water #calm #naturelover

a cloud resting above a walking bridge with some brush along bottom near the bridge.

Bridge railing in the right foreground with a slap reading "fried" the background holds a prarie swamp and a highway bridge way farther back under a sunsetting sky

landscape of a prarie swamp holding a variety of different plants, unfortunately a lot of invasive barnyard grass. Although there was a lot of Sagittaria Latifolia which is native. A layer of trees separates the lightly clouded, pastel colored, sky.

A small part of the prarie swamp with pooled, exposed water. White water lily pads, duckweed and barnyard grass are seen throughout the photo

I love #NaturePreserves, I took a lot of photos but heres 4 for now 🥹

#bloomscrolling #flowerphotography #FernhillWetlands #naturepreserves 🌱

Minsmere! Lovely memories of birding there with Herbert Axell. I’m American, have always appreciated. RSPB and how they have preserved so many important and historic places #birds #ornithology #wetlands #naturepreserves

Hellbender Press - Conjuring life at Worthington Cemetery Jimmy Groton, a Tennessee Citizens for Wilderness Planning board member, clears invasive plants at Worthington Cemetery in Oak Ridge during a volunteer work party in July.  Ben Pounds/Hellbender ...

#cemeteries #naturepreserves
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Chamberlain Lake Nature Preserve. We saw some Dutchman’s Breeches, Red Trillium, Spring Beauties, and plenty of cool moss.
#springephemerals
#hikingwithdogs
#naturepreserves

Insects in Nature Preserves Contaminated with Over a Dozen Pesticides - Beyond Pesticides Daily News Blog (Beyond Pesticides, January 13, 2022) Insects found in nature preserves are consistently contaminated with over a dozen pesticides, calling into question the ability for these areas to function as refuges for threatened and endangered species. This finding comes from a study published last month in Scientific Reports by researchers with The Entomological Association Krefeld, the team behind the seminal study on the decline of flying insect biomass in German nature preserves, which sparked worldwide discussions about the ongoing insect apocalypse. With pesticide use rampant and contamination ubiquitous, it is imperative that lawmakers and regulators embrace stronger measures to reverse the ominous trajectory society continues to follow. After finding devastating insect declines of nearly 80% over the last 30 years in German nature preserves, researchers set out to analyze what chemicals these insects were being exposed to, whether there were differences in contamination that could be observed between seasons, and how surrounding agricultural areas influenced insect exposure to pesticide residue. Scientists established a series of Malaise traps – large, tent-like mesh nets that will trap flying insects. Between May and August 2020, two insect collection samples each were taken from 21 nature preserves around Germany. Collected insects were immediately placed into […]

If #insects found in #naturepreserves are consistently contaminated with over a dozen #pesticides, can these areas function as refuges for threatened and #endangeredspecies? #insectapolcalypse #naturepreserves #pesticides #insects #extinctioncrisis

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