Fewer Kansas farmers are signing up to grow hemp each year, likely because of the diminishing demand for CBD oil. But hemp advocates say there are markets for hemp fiber and grains that could still be a boon for Kansas.
Ken Lassman
This perennial sunflower Helianthus grosseserratus, or sawtooth sunflower, is displaying its two rows of bracts, which combined are called the involucre.
Kansas regulators approved a robust set of energy efficiency programs for Evergy customers after concerns the deal might fall apart.
Ken Lassman
If you look closely at the sweet coneflowers, you will see sweat bees pollinating them while eating the nectar. Food for the bees, seeds for the flowers: an ancient win-win arrangement worked out over millions of years of practice.
Tall thistle is a native thistle that provides nectar to a wide number of pollinators, including this great spangled fritillary butterfly.
If you find an injured animal outdoors this summer, will you know what to do? Watch this episode of Lawrence Times TV to learn from the experts.
Douglas County creatively hired some goats to eat down the ragweed on a very steep slope that has been planted back to prairie at Wells Overlook Park. They should have the offending weeds eaten down in 4-7 days.
Evergy’s request that Kansas customers pay another $218 million each year is a symptom of a system built without efficiency, an environmental advocate says.
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Lawrence city commissioners on Tuesday approved a revived ordinance banning single-use plastic bags citywide.
Lawrence city commissioners on Tuesday will once again consider a citywide ban on single-use plastic bags.
