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More on Infrastructure
I looked at some land use data for Iowa. Iowa State University Outreach and Extension publishes it here. Calculating the numbers a little bit shows 74% of the land in Iowa as “cropland.” Apparently there are several different types of cropland, … Continue reading
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Tagged Agriculture, butterfly conservation, infrastructure, land use
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Here it is–the Poweshiek Skipper
I attended a conference last weekend on the conservation of tallgrass prairie lepidoptera. I was totally impressed with the turnout and professionalism of the people involved. The attendance was about 60 people, most of them very intelligent and motivated professionals. Much … Continue reading
More Thoughts about Butterflies
I am getting ready to attend a conference about butterfly conservation soon. I was thinking about some butterfly conservation issues, so I went through some of my photos to illustrate the points I would like to make. But the points … Continue reading
Posted in butterflies, butterfly surveys
Tagged butterflies, butterfly, butterfly conservation, random thoughts, wildlife
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More on the Idea of the Butterfly Flux
One of the things about blogging is that you can put ideas out there in real time, maybe while they are in the process of being developed. So I put out the idea of a “butterfly flux,” and since that … Continue reading
Posted in butterflies, butterfly surveys, Uncategorized
Tagged butterflies, butterfly, butterfly conservation, butterfly surveys, Pollard
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Butterfly Flux
Are you familiar with the concept of flux? It is sort of a technical concept, and it usually relates to the rate of something (heat, a chemical reaction, photons) across a unit area. That rate can be in the process … Continue reading
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Tagged butterfly conservation, butterfly flux, habitat modification
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What I did on my Winter Vacation
I have been kind of busy lately and have not posted as often as I did in the summer. Partially it has been because I have been re-doing my other website. You can find it at http://www.poweshiekskipper.org It is a … Continue reading
The Horizons of Butterfly Conservation
I have done a little work on the conservation of butterflies, and I think there are three areas that need to be worked on. I call those areas “horizons.” The first horizon is the conservation of rare butterflies. Rare butterflies … Continue reading
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Tagged butterfly conservation, nature deficit disorder
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A Vision for the Future
I have a vision for a butterfly web site that should be developed in the future. First, I have to point out that there are a lot of great butterfly sites now. One I really like shows all of the North American … Continue reading
