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HAMMOND | Restoration of oak-savannas -- open grasslands with scattered oaks -- is the topic of a hike and lecture to be held at 1 p.m. May 22 at the Indiana Dunes Young Choi, Purdue University ...
The Cape Girardeau Conservation Nature Center is inviting the public to take part in a nationwide science project.
Each year, the Michigan Botanical Society (MBS) hosts an annual convention in a different place in the Great Lakes region.
This past Saturday, the first public tours were given at the Grand Meadow Chert Quarry Preserve and Wanhi Yukan Trail. The ...
This wine was big in the '80s, but then died off. Now, this Italian red is back in California - and it looks nothing like the Cal-Ital crusade of a previous era.
It has been a long time coming, but on Saturday those behind the development of the Grand Meadow Chert Quarry Preserve and Wanhi Yukan Trail can celebrate the finish line. Saturday was the first day ...
The Land Conservancy of West Michigan uses prescribed fire as an ecological tool in both remnant prairie and oak savanna habitats protected as part of its network of nature preserves.
Sharp-tailed grouse are classified as a game bird in Wisconsin. The species is native to the state and reliant on young, open pine, oak barren and savanna ecosystems. The birds were once distributed ...
This violet is a native species that favors open oak woodlands or former oak savannas and dry, sandy soils – a perfect fit for the oak-lined hillside where they grow on the farm.
Environmental specialists are surveying central Wisconsin to get rid of toxic buckthorn in yet another community. Goats are back on the scene to do some important work.
An oak savanna on the north end of the Hitchcock Nature Center is being restored by the county. Pottawattamie Conservation announced in a blog post that the Hohneke Savanna is being restored at ...
Though the Post Oak Savanna is defined as stretching from the northeast part of the state down into the Brazos River valley, its influence reaches much farther than its boundaries suggest. While ...