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February 12 – 18, 2018 Kaw Valley Almanac

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This entry was posted on February 11, 2018, in February, Kansas, nature observation, phenology, Prairie and tagged cedar, drought, elm, hiking, lichen, Light of Day Returns Moon, maple, moss, red fox, sap tapping, trail clearing, woodpecker. Leave a comment

January 15 – 21, 2018 Kaw Valley Almanac

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This entry was posted on January 14, 2018, in January, Kansas, nature observation, phenology, Prairie and tagged Baker/Wakarusa Wetlands, beaver, Eagles Day, insects, mice, opossum, packrat, rabbit, red fox, shrew, spiders, wood rat, woodpecker. Leave a comment

February 20 – 26, 2017 Kaw Valley Almanac

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This entry was posted on February 19, 2017, in February, Kansas, nature observation, phenology, Prairie and tagged bald eagle nesting, cottontail rabbit, coyote, elm buds, great horned owl nesting, maple bud, muskrat, opossum, raccoon, red fox, rue anemone, western chorus frog, zodiacal light. Leave a comment

June 20 – 26, 2016 Kaw Valley Almanac

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This entry was posted on June 19, 2016, in June, Kansas, nature observation, phenology, Prairie and tagged Baker Wetlands, bats, beebalm, blackeyed susan, blue herons, bobcats, butterfly milkweed, canaca wild rye, chickory, common milkweed, coreopsis, crown vetch, culver's root, daisy fleabane, deer, dogbane, eastern gamagrass, echinacea, elderberry, Full Moon, gray fox, hackberry butterfly, hedge parsely, lead plant, milo, oxeye daisy, prairie clovers, queen anne's lace, red fox, sensitivebrier, shorebirds, soybeans, summer solstice, waterfowl, wheat harvest, white sweet clover, yarrow. Leave a comment

June 22 – 28, 2015 Kaw Valley Almanac

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This entry was posted on June 21, 2015, in June, Kansas, nature observation, phenology, Prairie and tagged antelopehorn milkweed, bat, blackberry, blue heron, bobcat, bullfrog, butterfly milkweed, Canada wild rye, common milkweed, compassplant, corn, deer, easter gama grass, echinacea, elderberry, gooseberry, gray fox, hackberry, lightning bug, milo, mulberry, multiflora rose, nighthawk, osage orange, purple prairie clover, rattlesnakemaster, red fox, sensitivebrier, snake, soybeans, spiderwort, St. John's wort, wheat harvest, whippoorwill, white prairie clover, white sweet clover. Leave a comment

January 13 – 19, 2014 Kaw Valley Almanac

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This entry was posted on January 12, 2014, in January, Kansas, nature observation, phenology, Prairie and tagged animal track, Canada goose, gray squirrel, hackberry, heronry, locust, native prairie grasses, oak leaves, red fox, Sycamore, walnut. 4 Comments

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Twelve Years of Wild Douglas County!

If you like the weekly posts of Kaw Valley Almanac, you might be interested in purchasing a compilation of these kinds of posts that Ken Lassman has put together into a book, along with essays on the land and the ecosystems of the area. This book was designed not to be just another coffee table book full of pictures; rather it was designed to be used as a guide to accompany you when you take your treks outdoors to observe nature first hand. You can get this book at a number of local bookstores or order it here for $15 + $2 shipping (regular price: $20). Click here to purchase your copy via Paypal.

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Ken Lassman has been keeping this almanac for over a decade, He invites you to share your observations and photos in the comments section. You can find his book Wild Douglas County at The Raven Bookstore and The Community Mercantile in Lawrence.

Baby Bear Moon: December

The Osages were keen observers of nature, and while bears have not been in the area for a long time (one wandered into the Baldwin Woods in the 1960s), there is plenty of favorable habitat for them to have lived here side by side with humans since the retreat of the glaciers some 9 or 10,000 years ago. Cougars are more common passing through the area these days, but it’s not out of the question for some bears to be itinerant residents in Douglas County once again if we plan for green corridors connecting the Kaw River floodplain forests to the major tributary reservoirs of Clinton and Perry as well as a safe way for wildlife to migrate to and from the Baldwin Woods, our county’s largest native woodlands located north of the city of Baldwin and Douglas County Lake.

Bald eagles have returned to the area, where they have overwintered along the Kaw since time immemorial, adding the reservoirs to their winter retreat areas after they were built in the 60s and 70s. With water levels drying up many area ponds and creeks, the drought is concentrating wildlife activity along the remaining bodies of water much like a normal December concentrates wildlife along the Kaw due to the ice cover on most open water. December is also a time to look for deer antlers which are falling off as mating season winds down, and if we get snow, tracking the activities of wildlife in area woods and prairies. And if mild temperatures persist, don’t forget to enjoy some of the most beautiful constellations of the year as Orion, Andromeda, Taurus, and the Pleiades are often seen under much less comfortable conditions!

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Alliance for Wild Ethics
Heartland All Species Foundation
Stan Slaughter, Eco-Troubadour
Community Mercantile Educational Foundation
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Earth Observatory Feature: The Carbon Cycle
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