Volume 7, Number 4,
May 1961:
The F.B. and Rena G. Ross
Natural History Reservation

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- Introduction
- History of the Area
- Description of the Area
- Aerial Photograph
- Accumulation of Field Data
- Weather
- Conservation Practices
- Animals of the Reservation
- Nature Trail
- Cover Picture
- Ross Message

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The F.B. and Rena G. Ross Natural History Reservation
by John Breukelman, Thomas A. Eddy and Emily L. Hartman

Figure 17

Nature Trail

Many days would be required for a visitor to see and learn the complex interrelationships of habitats, plants, and animals on the Reservation. He might study for weeks its many acres of upland prairie and associated wooded ravines, thickets, and aquatic habitats.

Not many visitors can spend days or weeks, so a nature trail is being established to enable the interested student to see representative communities of plants and animals found on the prairie of eastern Kansas. An hour or two spent on this trail is enough for a brief glimpse of the life on the vast prairie.

The nature trail leads to eight stations on the prairie which represent rather distinct assemblages of living things. The communities, named after the dominant plants that occur in the selected areas, are shown on the aerial photo on page 9.

If you are planning a visit, write the Ross Natural History Reservation Committee, Department of Biology, Kansas State Teachers College, Emporia, Kansas, asking for an application form for a guided field trip. All field trips within the Reservation are supervised by personnel of the Department of Biology.

Anyone interested in a more technical description of the natural history and geology of the area may receive a copy of The F.B. and Rena G. Ross Natural History Reservation, by Emily L. Hartman. This was published as Volume 8, Number 4, of The Emporia State Research Studies, June 1960; it may be obtained by writing Thomas A. Eddy, Department of Biology, Kansas State Teachers College, Emporia, Kansas.

Surface evaporation is recorded at intervals by measuring the change in water level over a given period of time, usually not less than 24 hours.

Figure 18