Tagged: Sustainability

Reclaiming the prairie

Study finds Nachusa Grasslands restoration is working in the soil, too

  • July 18, 2017
Summer is abloom at Nachusa Grasslands, where the warmth of July is igniting an explosion of color. Purple coneflowers point to the sky. Big bluestem grass sways in the breeze….

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Bird’s-eye view

NIU researchers using drone to study effect of bison return to Nachusa

  • October 12, 2016
The Nachusa Grasslands near Dixon, Ill., just a 45-minute drive from the NIU campus, had a new visitor flying overhead this past summer, but it wasn’t one of the nature preserve’s many…

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Battling extinction

Study led by NIU biologist identifies proven method of stemming loss of biodiversity

  • March 21, 2016
Here’s some good news related to efforts geared toward slowing the extinction crisis facing our planet. Continued investment in invasive mammal eradications on islands offers a highly effective opportunity to…

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Prairie state of mind

For NIU students, Nachusa Grasslands is a 3,500-acre living laboratory

  • November 30, 2015
World-renowned for its restoration strategies, the Nachusa Grasslands preserve near Dixon, Ill., just a 45-minute drive from the NIU campus, provides a rare and stunning reminder of what the “Prairie…

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The problem with plastic

NIU environmentalist Melissa Lenczewski gives her take on ubiquitous shopping bags

  • June 15, 2015
Some people think it’s imperative to keep a flashlight in the car. Others never leave behind an umbrella. For NIU geology professor Melissa Lenczewski, it’s reusable bags. You won’t catch…

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Climate-change frontlines

NIU anthropologist leading study of how world’s small food-producing communities perceive effects

  • April 7, 2015
NIU Presidential Research Professor Giovanni Bennardo, currently working in Italy on a Fulbright Scholar grant, is making progress with his ambitious investigation of climate change across the world. The NIU…

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