Lincoln Marsh, Mid-Spring 2013: The Fire, The Water, and the In-Betweens

Lincoln Marsh, Mid Spring, 2013

Last time I checked in at Lincoln Marsh it was to document calendrical closing of our durable winter. The crunchy reeds were everywhere and ice mixed with water:

Reeds Marsh Panorama in Lincoln Marsh

As we went through the bucket-style downpours last week, I often thought of what that would mean for the marsh. More water, for one, which would be welcome, given the mud that replaced water in the dryness of last summer:

Lincoln Marsh, Mid Summer Mud

What I forgot about, however, was the burn. Every year the forest preserve does prescribed burns to renew the marsh. Sometime between today and the last time I was there, they burned down all the reeds of winter.

Lincoln Marsh, Mid Spring, 2013

And mini-logs that caught fire look more ominous in tilt-shift:

Lincoln Marsh, Mid Spring, 2013

Now the full fresh water has returned:

Lincoln Marsh, Mid Spring, 2013

There’s not much green, but the base is there:

Lincoln Marsh, Mid Spring, 2013

This field mouse will see nothing of hot summer:

Dead Field Mouse at Lincoln Marsh, Mid Spring, 2013

We’re so lucky.

Complete set here.


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