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The Lawrence Electric Vehicle Showcase on Oct. 6 will highlight the latest electric vehicles and e-bikes as well as their benefits to the environment.
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Since 2012, Lawrence Fruit Tree Project has been sharing the fruits of its labor — from pawpaws to persimmons — with the local community. As its late summer harvest comes to a close, the team is celebrating the season’s bounty with a Fall Party.
Sumac is one of the first leaves to shut down the green chlorophyll, leaving the red anthocyanin pigment that extends its ability to create glucose in the shorter days.
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Bison have sustained many Native American tribes for centuries as a source of food, clothing and tools. Now, Haskell is sharing the bison’s deep cultural significance with the general public through a harvest workshop and community meal.
Kansas farms have expanded their operations and are now bigger than ever, which has led to an economic boom. But that also means fewer farmers, and that has contributed to depopulation in rural parts of the state that were socially isolated to begin with.
The dry weather is taking a toll on many plants and trees, but it has created ideal conditions for one of the most beautiful prairie wildflowers: the gentian.
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Prairie Park Nature Center on Saturday celebrated 25 years of preserving local wildlife and native species in Lawrence.
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Students in a KU architecture class on Saturday celebrated a new pavilion they designed at Prairie Park Nature Center using old road signs and other repurposed materials.
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Fall is coming, and so are the monarch butterflies. Two upcoming Lawrence events will provide hands-on opportunities to learn about monarchs and contribute to their conservation efforts.
More than 90% of Kansas is in drought right now, but prairie plant roots go deep and have developed strategies to survive, as evidenced by this field where sunflowers, goldenrods and blue sage are thriving.
