Written by Ceci Kimball | August 2026 Summer is a brief encounter. While of course, what else would a season be? Classifying summer as fleeting empowers each moment to be remembered. I’ve always categorized this time of year by the street festivals, farmer’s markets,...
Written by Ceci Kimball | August 2026 This summer, Nature At The Confluence volunteers went on weekly, staff-led prairie walks every Tuesday evening to observe milkweed plants (the sole host of the monarch butterfly) for the presence of monarch eggs, instars...
Nature At The Confluence is an idyllic stretch of restored prairie and woodland located in South Beloit, Illinois. Where Turtle Creek meets the Rock River, the grounds of The Confluence are a frequent destination for fishing, family outings, and kayaking. Roughly 80...
Written by Ceci Kimball | June 2026 Monarchs are one of the most recognizable butterfly species in North America, and it isn’t difficult to understand the fascination. The common name for the monarch derives from American entomologist Samuel Hubbard Scudder who coined...
