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The City of Lawrence has scheduled two new city-load compost days to compensate for canceling one last weekend so the facility could accept storm debris.
”One of my favorite memories from childhood is one I can renew almost every year: the Perseid Meteor Shower,” Ken Lassman writes in this week’s Kaw Valley Almanac.
“A snowberry clearwing moth landed on my leg while at the Prairie Park prairie, a timely reminder that this week is National Moth Week,” Ken Lassman writes.
“A snowberry clearwing moth landed on my leg while at the Prairie Park prairie, a timely reminder that this week is National Moth Week,” Ken Lassman writes.
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All but one boat ramp at Clinton Lake and Bloomington Beach, where a young man died Saturday, are closed while crews balance high waters. A specialist offered some tips to stay safe at the lake.
Gray coneflower, Ratibida pinnata, is a long blooming native perennial whose name refers to the gray cone under the brown disk florets, here being visited by a bumblebee interested in their sweet nectar.
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The wetlands at Haskell Indian Nations University now have interpretive signage to help visitors learn about and engage in the history and significance of the lands.
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Much to his relief, Daniel Lassman’s yard, where he’s restoring native plants, was mowed by mistake rather than someone with ill intent. But other projects have been repeatedly destroyed by mystery mowers.
Scientists want to know how well bees are coping with habitat loss. But first, they need to be able to tell nearly identical species apart.
Here is a working dung beetle, pushing a large marble sized globe of dung with its hind legs to a patch of dirt, where it dug a hole and buried it.
