On a recent weekday, short but mighty flames began consuming an expanse of tallgrass in Nachusa Grasslands, their advance marked with crackles and pops. Satisfied with the blaze, a group of eight ...

DECORAH, IOWA—One hot sunny May morning, senior Josie Meyer and a few friends were out on Luther College’s Jewell Prairie with a truck full of seedlings and a water tank. It was the last stage of ...

POLK COUNTY, Minn. – When Tim Cowdery – a now-retired hydrologist for the U.S. Geological Survey – published a report in 2019 highlighting more than a decade of research at Glacial Ridge National ...

Jul. 28—KELLOGG, Minn. — Stepping into a prairie along Wabasha County Highway 84, Autumn Folkert points out a cluster of plants with purple spotted pink and cream flowers. Spotted horsemint, a plant ...

In the near future, the Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge will be igniting controlled fires on brush and timber slash piles at the 80-acre Wabasha Prairie, near Wabasha. Since ...

DYSART — There is a look on Cathy Irvine’s face as she scans the reconstructed prairie that grows on land once owned by her family. It is a mixture of awe, pride and contentment. “It’s just a joy,” ...

CEDAR FALLS — Remnant prairies are rare in Iowa, but it’s possible to find some in Black Hawk County. “There are several clues to remnants. One is that it shows no signs of farming. It may have been ...