“Sea of Grass,” written by Hage and former Star Tribune environmental reporter Josephine Marcotty, hit bookstores just before ...

Tony Kaster’s prairie stretches across 80 acres in Marysville Township, an hour west of downtown Minneapolis. On a recent afternoon, a goldfinch flits past a field of golden alexanders. A great blue ...

Landers taught at Iowa State University from 1962 to 1979, inspiring students with hands-on learning and advocacy for native seed sources and fire for management.

More: Here's how Ames and Story County plan to combat a 20 percent rise in homelessness since 2020 A milestone in Landers’ legacy was his partnership with the Doolittle family in the 1970s. They ...

A 9.5-acre native prairie in Story County will be permanently protected and dedicated as Landers Prairie. The prairie is named after Dr. R.Q. "Jake" Landers, a former Iowa State University ...

“Native prairie is overwhelmingly rare in Iowa,” INHF President Joe McGovern said. “We must do everything we can to preserve this important part of our natural history that is so fundamental to our ...

According to River Action, Illinois and Iowa each have less than 1% of the original prairie ecosystem, and planting natural seeds will help restore some of that. For more information, click here.

Loess Hills Wild Ones Sioux City residents learn winter seed sowing for prairie gardening resolution Peggy Senzarino Jan 11, 2025 0 ...

Ann Meis filled one jug with native blanket flower seeds at Saturday's winter seed sowing program co-sponsored by Dorothy Pecaut Nature Center and Loess Hills Wild Ones. The program showed ...

Johnson manages the DNR’s Prairie Resource Unit, which creates site-specific seed mixes to reconstruct prairies at state parks, recreation areas and other state-owned, public land. Prairie habitat — ...

University of Iowa Students collect prairie seeds during a prairie restoration class taught by Professor Mike Fallon at the Turkey Creek Nature Preserve in Johnson County on Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2024.