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April 19, 2018

Plants are the master chemists, and the bottom line for all terrestrial ecosystems is their ability to convert water and... Read More →

April 16, 2018

David Cordray has written a scenario in the future that paints a picture of what may happen to bird species... Read More →

April 12, 2018

I’ve been teaching at the University for fifty years now and have grown accustomed to folks having difficulty with geologic... Read More →

April 9, 2018

The beauty of life in our state is its unceasing change. From winter to spring, cold to hot, wet to... Read More →

April 5, 2018

Our March 24 snowstorm left a thin icy crust and a few inches of snow on the ground. On the... Read More →

April 2, 2018

One of our readers sent this article in thinking it would be of interest to our readership. I found it... Read More →

March 29, 2018

On January 4th I posted a blog about how after JJ Audubon had successfully completed his famous bird folio, he... Read More →

March 26, 2018

The Land Trust Alliance is a great resource in keeping up to date on land trust initiatives throughout the country.... Read More →

March 22, 2018

On the south side of Iowa City there are some very extensive flat lands that run along both sides of... Read More →

March 19, 2018

Habitat is important. How many millions of acres in Iowa that once were prairie, teeming with birds, insects, and all... Read More →