A Different Deer Encounter
November 15, 2018
Back around the turn of the century, I designed a stormwater corridor for the southeast corner of Iowa City. It... Read More →
Coralberry: A Versatile Native Shrub
November 8, 2018
Our native coralberry is also called buckbrush. Most commonly found as a low, spindly, scrawny shrub with a few leaves... Read More →
My Wonderful Muzzleloader Deer Hunt
November 1, 2018
Only a month ago I had decided to forego the early muzzleloader deer hunt, which happens during a week in... Read More →
Building Backyard Habitat
October 25, 2018
Two decades ago, Toni Stahl and Marc Apfelstadt were contemplating converting their city lot in Dublin, Ohio to habitat... Read More →
Coralville Named for its Fossils
October 18, 2018
In the early 1830s, Swiss naturalist Jean de Charpentier lead Louis Agassiz on a tour through the Alps, proving to... Read More →
Land Easements Become Conservation Easements, Yesteryear
October 11, 2018
Conservation easements as we know them have their origins in British law and traditions centuries ago, when the landscape was... Read More →
The Mandarin Question
October 4, 2018
In the era before radio, TV, and e-screens, people provided most of their own entertainment. The Lewis and Clark expedition... Read More →
Bob Anderson, The Falcon Man
September 27, 2018
If you dig back behind environmental success stories, there is often one person whose efforts were the main driving force,... Read More →
How Do Birds Survive the Storms?
September 20, 2018
On early evening of August 28, an aggressive storm passed through southwestern Johnson County. On the radar images it included... Read More →
Eric’s Question About Hummingbirds
September 13, 2018
Responding to my hummingbird story, Infatuated with Hummingbirds, Eric Miller asked why only one species was in the eastern USA.... Read More →
