<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[nataloeart]]></title><description><![CDATA[Natalie Wiersema]]></description><link>https://nataliewiersemaart.wixsite.com/student/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Sun, 05 Apr 2026 15:29:07 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://nataliewiersemaart.wixsite.com/student/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[The Past ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Words of significance: "An Ocean of Grass" "a storm of wild music" - the plowing of prairie for agriculture, digging up roots This brief...]]></description><link>https://nataliewiersemaart.wixsite.com/student/post/the-past</link><guid isPermaLink="false">66e1ee7aeadba3fa35b71bcd</guid><pubDate>Wed, 11 Sep 2024 19:40:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/146bee_6d2e41a8f88d443ca8b9d2f5983f9200~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_768,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Natalie Wiersema</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Stages]]></title><description><![CDATA[If you visit a prairie shortly after a burn, you’ll see a large swath of charred land that looks desolate and dead. 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Centuries ago, bison took care of it by grazing and trampling on the prairies....]]></description><link>https://nataliewiersemaart.wixsite.com/student/post/a-cradled-landscape</link><guid isPermaLink="false">66e1e66b8a114b3c562113fa</guid><pubDate>Wed, 11 Sep 2024 19:20:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/146bee_5d62f0a9b7ef44a885da144cc88f07b4~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_830,h_429,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Natalie Wiersema</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Burning (The Benefits)]]></title><description><![CDATA[What does burning do? Keeps invasive plants at bay- often invasive plants will grow more quickly than native plants, and overtake them....]]></description><link>https://nataliewiersemaart.wixsite.com/student/post/burning</link><guid isPermaLink="false">66d778708db0e391e6c04b8c</guid><pubDate>Wed, 11 Sep 2024 18:46:41 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/146bee_3a089c01f15547129da3a3d08039c4a6~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_830,h_507,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Natalie Wiersema</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Emilie Dickinson]]></title><description><![CDATA[To Make A Prairie (1779) To make a prairie is takes a clover and one bee, One clover, and a bee, And revery. The revery alone will do, If...]]></description><link>https://nataliewiersemaart.wixsite.com/student/post/emilie-dickinson</link><guid isPermaLink="false">66df0c4c5b6e4399cff8ed56</guid><pubDate>Wed, 11 Sep 2024 18:22:26 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/146bee_0d98342e637048d380701f22042e8046~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_584,h_389,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Natalie Wiersema</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Largest American Prairie Reserve and Life Exploring the Prairie]]></title><description><![CDATA[https://she-explores.com/spotlight/emilie-lee/  This article about Emilie Lee's exploration of the prairie was really fascinating to me....]]></description><link>https://nataliewiersemaart.wixsite.com/student/post/the-largest-american-prairie-reserve-and-life-exploring-the-prairie</link><guid isPermaLink="false">66db34ad402249a0ddd3f6fa</guid><pubDate>Fri, 06 Sep 2024 17:07:55 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/146bee_f659459230534307b6d2cfe3a97c248a~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Natalie Wiersema</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man and Prairie]]></title><description><![CDATA[This is a painting by Alvan Fisher depicting a subject from The novel "The Prairie" by James Fenimore Cooper. This protagonist allegedly...]]></description><link>https://nataliewiersemaart.wixsite.com/student/post/man-and-prairie</link><guid isPermaLink="false">66d7758fa50b05b43335646a</guid><pubDate>Tue, 03 Sep 2024 20:55:01 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/146bee_93b79221b2c14a78ad537d15587b9727~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_640,h_487,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Natalie Wiersema</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Duality in the Prairie and Wildlife]]></title><description><![CDATA[This is the meadow from Bambi. Another dark depiction in the movie. In this scene Bambi's mom dies. As established the meadow is not the...]]></description><link>https://nataliewiersemaart.wixsite.com/student/post/duality-in-the-prairie-and-wildlife</link><guid isPermaLink="false">66d7723cd98f3f529b53b4ec</guid><pubDate>Tue, 03 Sep 2024 20:42:44 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/146bee_6ac7dc2121a94f29a5db72a05494ce25~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Natalie Wiersema</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fire]]></title><description><![CDATA[I think about the fire scene in Bambi a lot. Fire is commonly presented as a scary thing for forests, grasslands, and all it's creatures....]]></description><link>https://nataliewiersemaart.wixsite.com/student/post/_fire</link><guid isPermaLink="false">66d76931a50b05b433355793</guid><pubDate>Tue, 03 Sep 2024 20:25:28 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/146bee_9719e809fa5046bb930b723ebd0abc49~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_600,h_440,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Natalie Wiersema</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cuba Marsh]]></title><description><![CDATA[In May, I began a journey delving into nature restoration. Being one of my passions, but not one I'd really acted on, I decided I needed...]]></description><link>https://nataliewiersemaart.wixsite.com/student/post/cuba-marsh</link><guid isPermaLink="false">66d75dbbb4542263c1b12819</guid><pubDate>Tue, 03 Sep 2024 19:52:04 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/146bee_0d2afcce34184542ad250bbf7d7883d8~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_844,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Natalie Wiersema</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Prairie State]]></title><description><![CDATA[My first place to learn about the state of the Illinois prairies is The Illinois Department of Natural Resources at illinois.gov . 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