Tag: Friends Of The Lakeshore Nature Preserve

Sustained by Students: The Volunteers Keeping Campus Bat Monitoring Alive

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At 8 pm, the Lakeshore Nature Preserve is already pitch-black. Makeela Magomolla greets me near the entrance, armed with a headlamp and backpack, and we make our way down the path. By now, I’ve already missed sunset, the ideal time to see bats exiting the bat roost— which is hardly a 2-minute walk from the …

A Decade of Stewardship: Laura Wyatt’s Legacy in the Lakeshore Nature Preserve

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This article, by Yara Al-Rayyan, was originally published in the Friends of the Lakeshore Nature Preserve newsletter.  After a decade of dedicated service, Laura Wyatt, Interim Director of the Lakeshore Nature Preserve, is retiring. I had the privilege of interviewing her to reflect on her remarkable tenure. During our conversation, Wyatt shared insights into her …