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Monty Kehl and Craig Wilbanks

March 7, 2021

Monty and Craig give to Bur Oak to double their impact on local conservation efforts.

March 6, 2021

If you or I had the assignment to design an animal well-adapted to the winter rigors of central Canada and... Read More →

February 20, 2021

Iowa is in a good location regarding the effects of winter on its deer population. Further north, above the Canadian... Read More →

February 13, 2021

Northern states tend to have most of their hunting seasons in autumn. One of the reasons is that winter mortality... Read More →

February 6, 2021

A few years ago, I offered several notes about native coralberry and how this small shrub is useful to birds... Read More →

January 30, 2021

When we moved into our rural homestead in 1977, there was a misshapen oak tree growing through a wire fence.... Read More →

January 24, 2021

A 30-acre pine stand on the Meskwaki Nation Settlement near Tama was significantly damaged following last year’s derecho, an inland... Read More →

January 24, 2021

What makes a house a home? Bur Oak Land Trust AmeriCorps members found out this Martin Luther King Jr. Day.... Read More →

January 23, 2021

So far it has been a mild winter, keeping our midseason pond ice marginal for ice fishing and other topside... Read More →

January 16, 2021

A few weeks ago, we took a quick look back at the North American kayak as noted by early Europeans... Read More →