Opponents to two new natural gas plants proposed by Evergy testified Wednesday about uncertain costs of natural gas and pushed the Kansas Corporation Commission to consider other options for expanding power generation in the state.
Stark disagreements on the future of Evergy’s proposal to build two new natural gas plants in Kansas surfaced Monday during opening statements at the beginning of three days of Kansas Corporation Commission hearings.
Native prairies are beginning to show their treasures, including the yellow star-grass and the purple prairie violet. Both have leaves designed to thrive in the sunnier, windier and drier prairie environment.
Nathan Kramer / Lawrence Times
Community members gathered for annual events Saturday to help clean up the banks of the Kansas River, and to learn more about their natural surroundings and how to sustain them.
To survive, the common Eastern Swallowtail caterpillar resembles a bird dropping, then acquires a pungent odor, then a growth that resembles a snake head. As a butterfly, it eats nectar from a wide variety of flowers, including this lilac.
Jon Blumb / Contributed Photo
An annual celebration of the Wakarusa Wetlands as well as the Lawrence Earth Day Fair are coming up Saturday, April 19.
August Rudisell/Lawrence Times
The annual Kansas Riverbank Cleanup in Lawrence, which draws more than 100 volunteers each year, is coming up the weekend before Earth Day.
Known variously as dogtooth violet and trout/fawn lily, Erythronium albidum is beginning to bloom in native woodland soils, with the flower/bud pointed toward the ground for protection from the spring showers.
The upcoming Rural Living Resource Fair will seek to connect community members with experts and resources designed for rural living in Douglas County, including a range of local vendors.
This should be a great week for seeing “spring ephemerals,” the woodland wildflowers that use sunlight to bloom and finish up before the leaves come out on the dominant oaks and hickory trees by the end of April.
