Loved for its relaxed, informal and romantic style, prairie planting seeks to replicate the American prairies of the Midwest. Using native species and minimal human input, prairie gardens continue to ...

The nasty drought of 2021 wasn’t the region’s first and it likely won’t be the last. Is nature calling us back to a simpler prairie landscape that suited the Upper Midwest well for millennia, ...

Bison could be the key to saving America’s lost prairie. The prairie landscape has come to symbolize the American heartland. But an ecosystem that once covered a vast swath of the continent has all ...

In recent years, the Prairies have seen bigger swings in climate conditions—very wet years followed by very dry ones. That ...

The Sherman Natural Prairie and Community Garden will be presenting at the Nov. 5 meeting of the Elgin chapter of the Izaak Walton League of America. It will begin at 7 p.m. Tuesday. Located on the ...