Prairie Park prairie, May 22, 2023

These images were taken on Monday morning, May 22, 2023, when Baer, Kindscher, Morse and Weickert first met at the site together to work out a monitoring plan, lay transects for monitoring and do an overall inspection. Click on any image to enable scrolling through images and reading captions.
Overall shot of prairie site with researchers gathered in distance
Sara Baer at Prairie Park
Researcher in prairie setting with white wild indigo plant in blooms
Nathaniel Weickert at Prairie Park with chain marking monitoring plot
Caleb Morse holds clipboard with data sheet
Caleb Morse pointing to wilted compass plant and ashy sunflower
Plants on ground with damage to yellow wild indigo plants obvious
Plants on ground with fairly healthy lead plant in center
Small resprout of yellow wild indigo
Damaged ashy sunflower and dead wild strawberry plant
Wood betony and other plants showing damage
South end of prairie remnant showing uneven damage