Healthy prairie community with grey-headed coneflower and bee balm. (Photo by Liz Koziol) The North American prairie once covered 170 million acres, making it the largest ecosystem on the continent, ...

The restored prairie land near the Robert Hall Pearson house at Black Jack Battlefield and Nature Park is pictured Friday, Sept. 16, 2022. The groups behind that restoration project will next set ...

Pollinators recognize a good thing when they see it — and so do gardeners in search of organic pest control. As one put it, “My prairie is my pesticide.” By Margaret Roach The first time I met Neil ...

Late summer is a splendid time of year to go prospecting for native prairie plants that might bring beauty and wildlife habitat to your garden. “Plants that are native to the prairie are in their ...

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. In a world where environmental disasters make headlines, we need to applaud the efforts of the secondary ...

Creating a wildflower meadow garden is a delightful way to bring the beauty and diversity of prairie ecosystems to your own ...

Switch thirsty favorites with resilient, low-effort beauty ...

Now that spring is officially here, ways to spend more time outdoors are top of mind, including getting your hands dirty tending to the garden. For some inspiration and a sneak preview of wildflower ...

GRAND FORKS – It was chilly for an August morning, and a few raindrops fell lazily from the overcast sky and carved divots in the soil, but the grade school students crouched in the dirt around the ...

Late summer is the time of glory for prairie plants: Grasses are golden, sunflowers are yellow, coneflowers are pink. It’s the loveliest time to visit a place such as the Schulenberg Prairie at The ...