On Sept. 8, a brilliant morning sun shining through the leaves of a favorite sugar maple tree greets those coming onto the Fermilab campus, making for a beautiful start to the day.
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Their migration having started, great egrets congregate on A.E. Sea on Fermilab’s campus while a great blue heron (left) looks on.
Lily pads in bloom on the Fermilab campus.
Vestiges of pre-settlement prairies play a vital role in creating habitat for native plant and wildlife species, and the ecology department at Fermilab is tapping into the diversity of its own remnant prairies.
The Northeast and Northwest Eola Grasslands are a part of an experimental management plan to attract and protect grassland birds in North America.
From The Daily Herald, July 15, 2021: Dr. Caren Cooper of North Carolina State University will lead the Fermilab At Home arts and lecture series Friday, July 16, with “Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Data: Truths and Myths about Citizen Science as a Knowledge Democracy.
Fermilab’s natural areas are one of its distinguishing characteristics. The ELM Committee manages them.
The Ecological Land Management Committee is a group that meets monthly to discuss and plan for the management of the natural areas at Fermilab. It is made up of lab employees and local experts. The ELM Committee is looking for a lab employee to volunteer as an administrative assistant to take meeting notes and help organize the SharePoint site. If you are interested in helping and would like to find out more, please email Wally Levernier (wleverni@fnal.gov). Wally Levernier is…
From National Geographic (Spain), April 29, 2021: Fermilab houses some of the last remnants of small populations of historical plants as told by Fermilab ecologist, Walter Levernier.
Former Fermilab ecologist Ryan Campbell leads Fermilab employees on a prairie flower photowalk on April 20, 2015.