Manicured lawns are out; wild, pollinator-friendly meadows are in. Here’s how to turn your Northern Michigan yard into a pocket prairie filled with native plants. This article first appeared in ...

Beebalm or wild bergamot (Monarda fistulosa). Purple coneflower (Echinacea purpurea). by Jim Whitfield A patch of beebalm (Monarda fistulosa). Lesley Deem Lesley Deem Beebalm or wild bergamot (Monarda ...

Do you like the idea of rewilding, but without a swathe of overgrown nettles and brambles taking over? Prairie planting may be the way to go. You may not have the vast landscape of the prairies of ...

Stay informed about the West. High Country News’ weekly email newsletters keep you up-to-date with our latest news and investigations from across the region. Collecting purple prairie clover (Dalea ...

Iowa’s landscape has drastically changed from a couple hundred years ago. Less than 0.1% of Iowa’s native prairie is left. Pockets can be found in tiny plots around the state, pushed aside by cities, ...

To establish prairie, you first need to get rid of whatever is already growing on the land. This can be difficult for people dedicated to the environment because the most common and successful way is ...

SEYMOUR Wis. (WEAU) - A group of volunteers braved Saturday morning’s cold weather to help re-grow a prairie in Eau Claire County. A century ago, Wisconsin had millions of prairie landscapes. Today, ...

More than a 100 seed scatterers of all ages came to the Badger Army Ammunition Plant on Nov. 6 to plant the Dave Fordham Memorial Prairie. Sauk County Board Chairman William Wenzel said, "We need a ...