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“It is important in the current conversations about developments along the South Lawrence Trafficway … to have a better appreciation of what the Wakarusa Valley represents to the larger community of wildlife,” Ken Lassman writes in this column.
This time of year is a great time to lie down in some tallgrass prairie remnant on a sunny day, and it will shield you from the wind and insulate you from the cold ground. See what you see in the deep, blue winter solstice sky.
Members of two Lawrence advisory boards will soon put their heads together to evaluate whether the city’s renewable energy goals are realistic, and how they line up with overarching sustainability plans for the county.
There’s a certain beauty to the patterns and colors of prairie grasses this time of year. Look carefully and you’ll see red, yellow and orange seeds and green rosettes of next year’s growth.
Parsons, Kansas, will be the site of a startup’s first ever 1-mile-deep nuclear reactor, and the groundbreaking is next week.
Douglas County is requesting feedback on its management of trash, recycling, organics and other waste materials.
Kansas hemp growers and processors say a new, stricter federal law could derail the entire industry. The state has grown to one of the top five hemp producing states in the country.
The cold weather is pushing south, and snow geese are starting to fly into the area. Eagles are also flying into the state, since snow geese are one of their main food sources.
This squirrel is giving thanks to one of the hedge trees that has provided a bounteous supply of hedge apples this year.
An environmental organization is challenging a federal decision that allows the Southwest Power Pool to fast-track applications to bring new utility generation online.
