Will You Pitch in a Patch?
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 →
Spark Arrestors: Useful Fire Safety Devices
March 15, 2018
Last year, following the disastrous Gatlinburg, Tennessee wildfires, I offered a blog about upgrading your neighborhood fire safety, with an... Read More →
XXXV Prairie Preview a Success
March 14, 2018
Bur Oak Land Trust supporters have much to celebrate this year. For one thing, March 1 was Prairie Preview XXXV,... Read More →
The False Morel, a Dangerous Mushroom
March 8, 2018
Hunting for morel mushrooms is a favorite back-to-nature recreation for many Iowans, with bragging rights for the person who finds... Read More →
Red Cedar: Our Only Local Native Conifer, and the Birds Love It
March 1, 2018
Our native red cedar has two noticeably different varieties. In the eastern states, with more rainfall and less drying winds,... Read More →
The Bee in Winter
February 26, 2018
When you think of bees in winter, perhaps you imagine the well-known scene of a colony of non-native honeybees: a... Read More →
Our Rare Butterfly Plantation in 2017
February 22, 2018
You may already know that back in 2010 we started developing a patch of habitat for the rarest of our... Read More →
Prairie Preview Returns Yet Again
February 15, 2018
Well, another year is rolling around to Prairie Preview time, another opportunity to network with conservation-minded people; and get help... Read More →
Land Trust Alliance Blog: Land Trusts can help protect pollinators
February 12, 2018
The Land Trust Alliance is a great resource in keeping up to date on land trust initiatives throughout the country.... Read More →
Ancient Species Still Shape Our Lives
February 8, 2018
In the early pioneer era, Midwest rivers were the major means of transportation, whether canoe, flatboat, or steamboat. And so... Read More →
