Online Viewing: FNA as a Restoring Force?

Ryan Campbell's Earth Day talk, "FNA as a Restoring Force?" is available for online viewing.  Fermilab Today also highlighted Ryan's talk in today's edition.

Photo:  Ryan Campbell, Julia Allen & 2009 FNA intern Courtney Gill

in Fermilab's main ring prairie.

Photo of the Day: Trout Lilly & Twin Leaf

Enjoy these photos from Gordon Koizumi:

Trout Lilly

Twin Leaf

Today's Woodland Walk Cancelled

The walk in the Big Woods, originally scheduled for today at noon, has been cancelled due to muddy conditions on the trails.

Earth Day Talk: Fermilab Natural Areas as a Restoring Force?

Fermilab Ecologist Ryan Campbell will present his talk, "Fermilab Natural Areas as a Restoring Force?" today at noon in Fermilab’s Wilson Hall One West conference room.  This presentation offers a comprehensive presentation on the goals and efforts of Fermilab and FNA’s ecological efforts.
 

Happy Earth Day!

some photos from Gordon Koizumi, taken at Fermilab:

Virginia Bluebell

Spring Beauty

Today's Planting Cancelled

Due to the unfortunate weather, we will be canceling the native shrub planting. Our official Arbor Day event is scheduled for May 3rd from 11:30 AM - 1 PM.

The seed planting scheduled for tomorrow, April 20th is still on. 11:30 AM at the Interpretive Prairie trail.

April Desktop Calendar

Enjoy scenes of Fermilab's natural areas on your computer desktop! Here are instructions for downloading & installing the April 2011 calendar pictured below onto your computer:

1. Click the image above to open in a new browser window (or tab).

2. Right-click (or ctrl-click for some Mac users) on the image, and chose the option that says, "Set Picture as", (or similar words; the exact wording will depend on your internet browser) and save to your desktop. On your desktop, right click “Properties” and select the “Desktop” tab. Click “Browse” and navigate to the saved image on your desktop. Select it & click “Open.” On the “Display Properties” dialogue box, click “OK.”

3. If the image does not fit your desktop background neatly, you may have to go to your preference screen (on a Mac: System Preferences > Desktop & Screen Saver > Desktop; or on Windows: Control Panel > Display > Desktop) and choose "Fit to screen" as the display mode of your background image.

FNA will make a new desktop calendar available each month. If you'd like to share photographs for future calendars or the FNA newsletter, send us a note at fermilabnaturalareas@gmail.com.