Kaw Valley Almanac for Sept. 7–13, 2026
Monarchs are seeking nectar from goldenrods and other blooming plants right now on their way south.
Jacob Rice / Lawrence Times
Monarch Watch’s fall open house, tagging event coming up
Monarch Watch is welcoming the community to its upcoming open house, followed by the annual tagging event where folks can learn about tracking the butterflies’ migration.
Kansas will see an increase in monarch butterflies this fall
Millions of monarch butterflies will travel through Kansas as they make their journey toward central Mexico.
Kaw Valley Almanac for Aug. 31 – Sept. 6, 2026
Cup plant is blooming right now. Its leaves envelop the stem creating a cup that can hold water from rain and dew, which is so important to birds and insects this time of year.
Learn about Native food systems, sovereignty at public KU summit
The Lawrence community and beyond is invited to learn about medicine bundling, buffalo restoration, community health and more as part of a daylong summit on Indigenous food sovereignty.
Lawrence advisory board debates roles of AI, surveillance cameras in goals for city sustainability
Artificial intelligence became a hot topic for the Lawrence sustainability advisory board Thursday, as members explored environmental goals they’d like to pitch to the city commission and how the city could actually implement them.
Kaw Valley Almanac for Aug. 24-30, 2026
This milkweed seed pod has lost its cover, leaving the seeds inside exposed to a bunch of black and orange milkweed bugs.
How Kansas became one of the new breeding grounds for a bright yellow warbler
The prothonotary warbler population in Kansas is growing as the birds stop to breed before heading south. Researchers are using electronic trackers to study their movements.
Kaw Valley Almanac for Aug. 17-23, 2026
This gray hairstreak butterfly, feeding at a showy partridge pea flower, has its head on top of the wing, with the orange patch at the bottom serving as a decoy so a predator might bite off its tail, not its head.
Jacob Rice / Lawrence Times
Lawrence High student builds prototype to monitor river conditions in real time
Lawrence High School senior Liam Sturm is turning a box of electronics into a prototype he hopes will give residents real-time information about the rivers running through the community.
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