The Elk and Bison Prairie is just north and east of the intersection of US 68 and The Trace, the north-south highway which traverses LBL. It took 10 years to transform an old farmstead back to what ...

It can take three years for the grasses to show up (above the ground) because they build their root system first. Elk at Land Between the Lakes’ Elk and Bison Prairie (Photo from U.S. Forest ...

Years ago, Iowa’s landscape was about 80 to 85 percent tall grass prairie. Now, Ahrendsen said, tall grass prairie makes up less than 1 percent. “We’ve plowed about 99.99 percent of it up ...

Those latter activities could make it harder for native grasses to co-exist or in fully restoring the prairie in the future, she said. Scott said she wanted to see Texas lawmakers consider ...

While there are many types of native grasses available, not all of them are the best type to use to establish a lawn. Shortgrass does better than tallgrass if you want a prairie grass lawn that is ...

Native prairie grasses adapted to the fires by developing deep root systems that extend 3 to 15 feet into the soil. These roots help the plants survive fires and thrive afterward. Natural ...

There you can find an urban prairie, filled with native grasses, wildflowers, bees, butterflies and urban wildlife. It’s even a stopover for many migratory shorebirds. Lakeshore State Park sits ...

A native prairie pasture in western Douglas County. Before European settlement, Kansas was dominated by vast prairies of tall grasses and wildflowers. However, farming and development have since ...

Don’t even think about tapping that grass. When Dr. Scott Brotherton was recently asked what’s something that he would never do as an orthopedic surgeon, he said, “squats past 90 degrees ...