Two New Conservation Easements
JDCF recently received two new conservation easements. The first, a 28-acre easement located along U.S. Highway 20, protects the northern half of Horseshoe Mound. The second, a 145-acre easement along the Mississippi River, protects forested bluffs and rare wildlife habitat.
Species Counts Signify Mature Prairie at Wapello
In June 2013 eight scientists from the Field Museum gathered at Wapello Land & Water Reserve to conduct a bio-blitz — a two-day survey of the insect, spider, reptile and amphibian populations at the site. This followed the Field Museum’s species counts a year earlier at this site.