IPR's Talk of Iowa host Charity Nebbe speaks with Jim Pease, Pauline Drobney and Pete Eyheralde at the Neal Smith National Wildlife Refuge on Earth Day in front of an audience. Land that was once ...

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 ...

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 ...

Scott Johnson and his daughter Grace, 13, of Oswego found a way to help the environment as well as enjoy some father-daughter time on Saturday. “I started coming to this about a year ago,” Scott ...

Mathy Quarry in the bluffs of La Crosse is closed until Saturday morning as efforts continue to restore its 32 acres into a thriving prairie. Federal grants are helping the La Crosse Parks, Recreation ...

One hot sunny May morning, Josie Meyer ’24 and a few friends were out on Luther’s Jewell Prairie with a truck full of seedlings and a water tank. It was the last stage of Meyer’s yearlong honors ...

Nearly 10 acres of native prairie in Story County are ready for their time in the spotlight. The dedication of Landers Prairie is set for 1 p.m. on Sunday, May 18, at Prairie Valley Preserve near ...

Mankato Area Public Schools’ youngest minds will soon have more access to outdoor education as the district works to establish a school forest and prairie at the Center for Learning. This comes as the ...