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Advanced Training: Bird Identification (August 2013)
Aldo Leopold: Kevin’s Pond (August 2012)
Alligator Gar: Transporting Wildlife (August 2013)
American Germander/Mystery Plant at Quail Ridge (November 2013)
American Robins/It’s a Party (February 2014)
Armadillos: Strange But True (May 2013)
Ash Trees (August 2012)
Autumn Leaves Will Fall ; Leaf Mold (November 2014)
B
Babler State Park; Before & After Photos (November 2014)
Bats: Gray/Karst Hike (February 2013)
Bats: White-nose Syndrome (February 2013)
Bee Hotel: Kids (May 2013)
Bees; Polyester (August 2014)
Bee Venom used to Kill HIV (November 2013)
Bermuda Grass/Quail Ridge Park Work Day (February 2014)
Bird Identification: Advanced Training (August 2013)
Bryophyte Survey Update
BlueBirding at Shaw (August 2011)
BlueBird Project Photos (August; 2012)
Babler Elementary/New Pond at Babler Elementary (August 2014)
Babler State Park Celebrates 75 Years (January 2012)
Barrel Cactus Photo /Deserts Are Not All Bad (May 2014)
Bees/Nesting Microhabitat (August 2014)
Bellefontaine Cemetery/Confluence Chapters Newest Partnership (May 2014)
Big Bluestem (November 2014)
Birding Class with Sarah Pitzer (August 2014)
Birds/Whisper Song (August 2014)
Bird Survey at Rotary Park; 2014 Capstone Project (May 2014)
Black Bears (May 2013)
Black Bear/2014 Service Pin Article (February 2014)
Black Bear 2014 Service Pin Photo (February 2014)
Black Mustard (May 2012)
Blue Birders & Prairie Planters (February 2014)
BlueBird Monitors (August 2013)
Blue False Indigo (May 2014)
Boat House Project: Legacy (November 2012)
Boat House Project Update and photos (August 2013)
Boat House Tour/MG Conference (November 2014)
Boll Weevil Trap (November 2012)
(Boone)Hays Park-Matson Hill Project (November 2011)
Boone-Hays Homestead (January 2012)
Boys Hope Girls Hope (BHGH) Project (August 2012)
Bring Nature Home: Leslie Limberg Photo & Congratulations (August 2013)
Brittlebush Photo/Deserts Are Not All Bad (May 2014)
Brown; Danny/Photos/November Speaker (November 2013)
Bugs: (Cute Ones) (August 2012)
Bugs: Cranefly (November 2012)
Bumblebees: Cute Bugs (August 2012)
Bumblebee Watch Has Launched (August 2014)
C
Camp Cooking In a Box (November 2012)
Cane: Giant (February 2013)
Cane: Hill (February 2013)
Cane: Switch (February 2013)
Capstone Project 2014; Rotary Park in Wentzville (May 2014)
Cardinals: Great Backyard Bird Count (May 2013)
Catbird: Gray (May 2013)
Cats (February 2013)
Cecropia Moth Photo /Silk Moths of Missouri (February 2014)
Cecropia Moth/Look What We Found (August 2014)
Cedar Waxwings: Great Backyard Bird Count (May 2013)
Certification Pins: In Retrospect (May 2013)
Certification and Annual Pins (August 2013)
Certification Pins: Annual & Milestone (November 2013)
Certification Pins: Annual & Milestone (February 2014)
Certification Pins: Annual & Milestone (May 2014)
Certification Pins: Annual & Milestone (November 2014)
Chain of Rocks/Eagle Days (February 2014)
Chief Dan George (November 2013)
Chuparosa/Deserts Are Not All Bad (May 2014)
Clean Water Act (November 2012)
Coffing;( Bob) Birthday Surprise/Other News (May 2014)
CommuniTree Gardens; Forest ReLeaf (November 2014)
Compass Plant/What’s In A Name? (August 2014)
Confluence Chapters Newest Partnership; Bellefontaine Cemetery (May 2014)
Confluence Leaders /Elected (November 2013)
Conservation Day for Third Graders in Wentzville (August; 2011)
Conservation Day in Wentzville (May 2013)
Conservation Success Story ; Swans (May 2014)
Corduroy is Magic/No Stick-tights (November 2013)
Cottonwood Borer (February 2014)
Cranefly: Bugs (November 2012)
Crossbills/White Winged: Great Backyard Bird Count (May 2013)
Cuvier River State Park Hike (November 2011)
Cuivre River State Park Seed Collection (August 2013)
Cuivre River State Park/Seed Collecting (November 2014)
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Damselfly: Blue-Fronted Dancer: Cute Bugs (August 2012)
Daniel Boone Hays Seeding & Brush Pile Burning (May 2013)
Darter: Orange Throat (May 2013)
Deer: WildLife “Adoptions” (August 2013)
Deserts Are Not All Bad (May 2014)
Deutsch (Charlie); biologist/Conservation Success Story (May 2014)
Did You Know? Student visits in 2013 & 2014 (November 2014)
Dragonfly; Hines Emerald (November 2012)
Dreys: Squirrel Nests (February 2014)
Drought :Helping Trees (August 2012)
Dutch Oven Cooking Day Photos (November 2013)
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Eagle Days at Squaw Creek (January 2012)
Eagle Days at Squaw Creek (February 2014)
Earthworks/Wish You Were There (August 2014)
Eastern Grama Grass Blooms : Quail Ridge Prairie Demo Area Photos (August 2013)
Elected Confluence Leaders (November 2013)
Elk Deaths (November 2012)
Emerald Ash Borer (August 2012)
Ephemeral Plants (February 2013)
Ephemeral Wildflowers (February 2014)
Essence of Marcescence: Persistence of Leaves (February 2014)
Excellent Day; Excellent Stream: Stream Team 2612/Femme Osage Creek (May 2014)
Explore Classroom/Town Park Photo (November 2013)
F
Fairy Shrimp/Vernal Pools (February 2013)
False Helebore: Cuivre River State Park Seed Collection (August 2013)
Femme Osage Creek/Excellent Day; Excellent Stream; Stream Team 3612 (May 2014)
First Bird Survey at Rotary Park; 2014 Capstone Project (May 2014)
Floods: Benefits (August 2013)
Forest Keeper Spotlight: Kay LaBlanca (November 2013)
Forest ReLeaf —Two Projects (January 2012)
Forest ReLeaf Photos (May 2013)
Forest ReLeaf Workday Photos (May 2014)
Forest ReLeaf/CommuniTree Gardens (November 2014)
Frost Flowers/Those Fascinating Frost Flowers (November 2014)
First State Capital Garden (May 2012)
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Galls: Leaf (February 2013)
Gar: Alligator/Transporting Wildlife (August 2013)
Garden Maintenance (August 2014)
Genistra Broom Moth Photo/Blue False Indigo (May 2014)
George; Chief Dan (November 2013)
Germander/Mystery Plant at Quail Ridge (November 2013)
Graham Cave Hiking (August 2011)
Ground Lichen/Did You Know? (November 2013)
Great Backyard Bird Count (May 2013)
Green; Kenyon/Eagle Days (February 2014)
Gypsy Moth Photo/Silk Moths of Missouri (February 2014)
H
Hawk Migration (November 2014)
Hawthorn: Washington (May 2013)
Hays and Stark/Two Kentuckians Move to Missouri (May 2014)
Hays Park-Matson Hill Project (November 2011)
Hays Park-Matson Hill Project (November 2012)
Hays-Matson Hill Park Project Photos (February 2013)
Hays-Matson Hill Park Project : AKA Daniel Boone Hays (May 2013)
Hays-Matson Hill Park/Matson Hill Hays Glade Restoration (February 2014)
Hellbenders (November 2013)
Hibernation: Gray Bats (February 2013)
Hines Emerald Dragonfly (November 2012)
HIV/Bee Venom Used to Kill HIV (November 2013)
Hodge (Sam) Photo/Two Kentuckians Move to Missouri (May 2014)
Holiday Party at Great Rivers Museum (January 2012)
Honey Locust Moth Photo/Silk Moths of Missouri (February 2014)
Hours: Service & Education (May 2013)
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Imperial Moth Photo/Silk Moths of Missouri (February 2014)
In Memory: Amy Ludwig (February 2013)
In Memory: Jim Morrison (February 2014)
In Memory: Jim Philips (August 2012)
In Memory: John Schvenderman (November 2012)
In the Beginning; Letters from the Hive (August 2014)
IO Moth Photo/Silk Moths of Missouri (February 2014)
Invasive: Reed Canary (May 2012)
Interpretive Course at Powder Valley (November 2013)
It’s a Party: American Robin (February 2014)
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Joe Pye Weed (February 2014)
Journaling/Nature Journaling (May 2014)
K
Karst Hike /Meramec State Park (February 2013)
Knapweed: Spotted (November 2012)
Knott (Dr. David) Photo/Two Kentuckians Move to Missouri (May 2014)
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LaBarque Creek Restoration Continues (May 2011)
LaBarque Creek Update (August 2011)
LaBlanca; Kay: Forest Keepers Spotlight (November 2013)
Landscape Pests/Check this Place (August 2014)
Leaf Mold/Autumn Leaves Will Fall (November 2014)
Leopold ; Aldo: Kevin’s Pond (August 2012)
Letters From the Hive/In the Beginning (August 2014)
Lewis & Clark BoatHouse: Sages (February 2013)
Lewis & Clark BoatHouse Tour/MG Conference (November 2014)
Lewis; Meriwether (November 2012)
Liatris Aspera/Prairie Blazing Star (November 2013)
Lichen/Ain’t Nothin’ Like Lichen (November 2013)
Lichen/Did You Know? (November 2013)
Lone Star Tick (August 2014)
Look What We Found; Moths (August 2014)
Ludwig: Amy; In Memory (February 2013)
Luna Moth Photo/Silk Moths of Missouri (February 2014)
Luna Moth/Look What We Found (August 2014)
M
Mantises (November 2014)
Maple Sugar Festival MDC Rockwood Reservation (February 2013)
Marcescence/The Essence of Marcescence: Persistence of Leaves (February 2014)
Master Gardeners Conference; Tour of Lewis & Clark Boathouse/MG Conference (November 2014)
Master Naturalists
Master Naturalist Conference in Kansas City/Wish You Were There (August 2014)
Master Naturalists Picnic (July 2012)
Matson Hill Hays Glade Restoration (February 2014)
Matson Hill Project; History 2011-2014 (November 2014)
Macros (Where have they gone? Stream Team Summer and Fall (November 2011)
Meramec State Park: Hike & Bats (February 2013)
Meriwether Lewis (November 2012)
Mice: Meadow Jumping/Strange But True (May 2013)
Milkweed Beetles :Cute Bugs (August 2012)
Mingo (May 2012)
Mississippi: Transporting Wildlife (August 2013)
Missouri Parks & Recreation Association Organizational Citation Award (February 2013)
Monarch Butterfly; Egg & Caterpillar Photos (November 2014)
Monarch; Saving (November 2012)
Morrison; Jim /In Memory (February 2014)
Moth; Cecropia/Look What We Found (August 2014)
Moth; Luna/Look What We Found (August 2014)
Mystery Plant at Quail Ridge/Germander (November 2013)
N
Nagle; Tom/Forest ReLeaf Workday Photos (May 2014)
Nature Explore Classroom (May 2011)
Nature Explore Update (August 2011)
Nature Explore on TV (January 2012)
Nature Explore Town Park (May 2013)
Nature Explore: Town Park (August 2013)
Nature Journaling (May 2014)
Nesting Microhabitat; Bees (August 2014)
Nests; Squirrel/Dreys (February 2014)
New Pond at Babler Elementary (August 2014)
Night Life with Kevin (May 2012)
O
Oak Trees/Wish You Were There (August 2014)
Obedience Plant/What’s In A Name? (August 2014)
Ocotilla Photo/Deserts Are Not All Bad (May 2014)
Onondaga Cave (February 2013)
Orange Throat Darter (May 2013)
Osage Orange (November 2012)
Outdoor Classroom : Babler Elementary in Wildwood (August 2013)
Outstanding Volunteer Award from St. Charles County Parks (May 2014)
P
Philips; Jim : In Memory ((August 2012)
Phyllotaxis /Pattern (November 2013)
Pins: Annual (May 2013)
Pins: Milestone (May 2013)
Pitzer; Sarah/Birding Class with Sarah Pitzer (August 2014)
Poems—See the end of the Index
Polyester Bees (August 2014)
Polyphemus Moth Photo/Silk Moths of Missouri (February 2014)
Pond; New/New Pond at Babler Elementary (August 2014)
Possum Haw (May 2012)
Potter Wasp (November 2012)
Powell Gardens/Wish You Were There (August 2014)
Prairie Blazing Star/Liatris aspera (November 2013)
Prairie Cultivation (August 2013)
Prairie Demo Garden (November 2012)
Q
Quail Ridge Prairie Demo Garden (May 2012)
Quail Ridge Prairie Demo Garden (November 2012)
Quail Ridge Prairie Demo: Sages (February 2013)
Quail Ridge : Prescribed Burn (May 2013)
Quail Ridge Prairie Demo Area Photos (August 2013)
Quail Ridge Park Workday (February 2014)
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Rabbits: WildLife “Adoptions” (August 2013)
Raccoons: WildLIfe “Adoptions” (August 2013)
Ragweed Leaf Beetle: Quail Ridge Prairie Demo Area Photos (August 2013)
Rattlesnakes/Wish You Were There (August 2014)
Reed Canary-Invasive ((May 2012)
Regal Fritilary (May 2012)
Regal Moth Photo/Silk Moths of Missouri (February 2014)
Regal Trumpeter Swan/Conservation Success Story (May 2014)
Riverlands Migratory Birds Sanctuary/Conservation Success Story (May 2014)
Robins/It’s a Party (February 2014)
Rose Mallow: Quail Ridge Prairie Demo Area Photo (August 2013)
Roundworms: Parasitic/WildLife “Adoptions” (August 2013)
Rue Anemone Photo/Ephemeral Wildflowers (February 2014)
S
Saddleback Caterpillars (August 2012)
Sages: Salvias (February 2013)
Santos; Carmen; Special Veterans Quilt/Other News (May 2014)
Saquaro Cactus Photo/Deserts Are Not All Bad (May 2014)
Schuette; Bruce/Other News (May 2014)
Schwenderman; John: In Memory (November 2012)
Seed Collecting: Cuivre River State Park (August 2013)
Seed Collecting: Cuivre River State Park (November 2014)
Shiny Oakworm Moth Photo/Silk Moths of Missouri (February 2014)
Silent Auction Committee/Greetings from the MMN Conference (February 2014)
Silk Moths of Missouri (February 2014)
Skimmer: Widow /Photo (August 2013)
Squaw Creek/Eagle Days (February 2014)
Squirrel Nests/Dreys (February 2014)
Stark Nursery/Two Kentuckians Move to Missouri (May 2014)
Steller’s Jay Photo/Whisper Song (August 2014)
Stick-Tights/Corduroy Magic (November 2013)
Stormwater Management Plan; City of Wentzville (2008-2013)
Stream Team Summer and Fall (November 2011)
Stream Team 3612 Photos (November 2012)
Stream Team 3612 Activities (February 2013)
Stream Team 3612 Activities (May 2013)
Stream Team 3612 Activities (August 2013)
Stream Team 3612 (November 2013)
Stream Team 3612 (February 2014)
Stream Team 3612/Excellent Day; Excellent Stream; Femme Osage Creek (May 2014)
Stream Team 3612 (August 2014)
Stream Team/Confluence Chapter Stream Team (November 2014)
Stuckkey; Priscilla/Big Bluestem (November 2014)
Speyeria idalia (Regal Fritilary) (May 2012)
Sphinx Moth Photo/Silk Moths of Missouri (February 2014)
Spotted Knapweed (November 2012)
Spotted Salamander/Vernal Pools (February 2013)
Staying Warm? ? 10 Ways Birds Stay Warm in Winter (February 2014)
Student Visits in 2013 & 2014/Did you Know? (November 2014)
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Those Fascinating Frost Flowers (November 2014)
Tick; Lone Star (August 2014)
Tire Disposal; Stream Team (August 2014)
Town Park Photo/Explore Classroom (November 2013)
Town Park Student Visits in 2013 & 2014 /Did You Know? (November 2014)
Transporting Wildlife: From Our Mississippi (August 2013)
Tri-Chapter Picnic Photos (November 2012)
Tri-Chapter Hike/Merramac State Park (February 2013)
Trumpeter Swan Society/Conservation Success Story (May 2014)
Two Kentuckians Move to Missouri (May 2014)
U
Underground Mine Maps (August 2014)
V
Vernal Pools (February 2013)
W
Wasp: Potter (November 2012)
Water Quality Monitoring at Femme Osage Creek (August; 2011)
Weevil Trap; Boll (November 2012)
Wentzville Conservation (May 2012)
Wentzville Rotary Park/Capstone Project 2014 (May 2014)
Wentzville/Storm Water Management Plan 2008-2013 (November 2013)
What’s in a Name- Plant names (August 2014)
Whisper Song - Birds (August 2014)
White-lines Sphinx photo (November 2013)
White-nose Syndrome: WNS (February 2013)
WildLife “Adoptions” (August 2013)
Wild Indigo Duskywing Photo/Blue False Indigo (May 2014)
Wine Many Times Enjoyed; Recycling Wine Bottles (August 2014)
Wingstem/Those Fascinating Frost Flowers (November 2014)
Wish You Were There; Master Naturalist Conference in Kansas City (August 2014)
Wolf Lichen/Did You Know? (November 2013)
Wolves In Missouri (May 2013)
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Poems
“Gone From My Sight” Henry Van Dyke (February 2013)
“Ponder the Spring” Leslie Limberg; May 2011