Drew Erickson removes weeds from a pocket prairie at the Ericksons’ home in Marion last Saturday. The Ericksons began building their prairie four years ago. The process started with placing a tarp ...

Prairies used to cover a swath of America from Mexico to Canada. But not all prairies are the same. Different conditions dictate each prairie ecosystem, and thus what plants and animals exist in each ...

Prairie dropseed is a very good native grass for the landscape as it will tolerate a wide range of soils, including clay. Full height of the plant in flower is 2 to 3 feet and spread is 2 to 3 feet ...

The nasty drought of 2021 wasn’t the region’s first and it likely won’t be the last. Is nature calling us back to a simpler prairie landscape that suited the Upper Midwest well for millennia, ...

Poetry professor turned prairie advocate and author Benjamin Vogt pinpoints a moment in his Minnesota childhood that influenced his current passions. As a boy, exploring a wood near his home in the ...

When I sit down to write my column for the Fort Worth Star Telegram, I think first of the great people of the beautiful city of Fort Worth and all of its suburbs. That is, after all, the core service ...

A group of about 70 volunteers and representatives from the Friends of Illinois Nature Preserves and Nature Conservancy kicked off an effort last weekend to restore and preserve the Gensburg-Markham ...