Stories
Who Knew? Cloudy with a Chance of Clues
The Dirt on Turbidity When we think about water quality, most of us picture color, smell, or whether [...]
Invasives Management
With a name like Sweetgum, it’s got to be good! Maybe not….Although not considered by most to be [...]
“DO” You Know What’s in the Water?
Have you ever sat on a rock by a creek, surrounded by the dark greenish-blue water flowing past [...]
Balancing Thompson Creek: What pH Tells Us About Water Health
The Thompson Creek watershed is an important part of the natural environment in Chesterfield County. Thompson Creek itself travels [...]
Controlling Invasive Plants
Multiflora Rose (Rosa multiflora) Our focus on eradicating non-native invasive plant species has been [...]
Fireworks Prairie Through a Buckeye’s Perspective
To the world, I am a Common Buckeye Butterfly. But my friends call me Juno, short for Junonia [...]
Camping is the New Classroom
Dr. William Strosnider, an associate professor at the University of South Carolina and the Director of the Belle [...]
Thompson Creek Bootcamp
For the past three weeks our interns have experienced quite a whirlwind. Three whole weeks full of the [...]
Burn Bright like Fireworks
On a cool but sunny Tuesday, the weather conditions were just perfect to make a prescribed burn in [...]









