Midnight Birdwatching
May 4, 2017
Large flocks of geese pulsed high overhead this year as the warming days of February transitioned into March. Sometimes wave... Read More →
What’s a Great Volunteer Idea?
May 1, 2017
The Land Trust Alliance has some great blogs from land trusts around the country who are also working on finding... Read More →
Leaflets Three, Let It Be…Maybe
April 27, 2017
About six summers ago I was walking up a narrow ravine in River Heights with two guys while evaluating erosion... Read More →
Vinegar as an Herbicide
April 24, 2017
In March at Prairie Preview, Joyce Miller and I discussed her need to control weeds around a schoolchildren’s garden, without... Read More →
The Northern Flicker a Mustachioed Gentleman
April 20, 2017
Many birds display some form of sexual dimorphism, with the males and females easily distinguished by their appearance for at... Read More →
Gunter’s Chain Still Measures Iowa
April 17, 2017
Ever since the dawn of agriculture, people have marked out parcels of land to claim the fruits of their hard-earned... Read More →
Guest post: Bring Pollinators to Your Garden
April 13, 2017
Spring is here and it really is a great time to install pollinator-friendly plants in your garden. Here’s an article from PartSelect’s... Read More →
Conservation Efforts Enhanced by Using Available Mulch
April 6, 2017
The Iowa City landfill, which also serves Johnson County, again has wood chip mulch available. In past years it was... Read More →
Ask Me Anything: Does Placing My Land in Forest Reserve Protect My Land From Development?
April 3, 2017
NO. Forest Reserve is very different from a conservation easement. The Forest Reserve Program is a property tax incentive program... Read More →
Honeysuckle Brush for Erosion Control and Habitat
March 30, 2017
Many of today’s woodlots were originally left in trees because the parcel was too steep to plow, and most were... Read More →
