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Ken Lassman
Environment July 23, 2023 - 11:48 pm

Kaw Valley Almanac for July 24-30, 2023

by Ken Lassman

This colorful and dangerous looking wasp is the great gold digger wasp, Sphex ichneumoneus. It’s a rather harmless nectar eating wasp, as shown here on some rattlesnakemaster that is just beginning to bloom.

Molly Adams/Lawrence Times
Environment July 20, 2023 - 3:42 pm

Lawrence panel discussion to offer tips on restoring native prairie in your own backyard

by Lawrence Times

Two local experts will speak Sunday on how you can restore a bit of native prairie to your own backyard.

Environment July 17, 2023 - 12:20 am

Kaw Valley Almanac for July 17-23, 2023

by Ken Lassman

The compassplant shoots its stalks 6 or more feet into the air, and many insects, like this bumblebee, are loving it.

Stephen Locke / Courtesy photo
Environment July 9, 2023 - 11:00 pm

Kaw Valley Almanac for July 10-16, 2023

by Lawrence Community

If you’re a gardener and see this caterpillar chomping down your dill, by all means let it eat as much as it wants because it will mature into a beautiful swallowtail butterfly.

Environment July 3, 2023 - 12:21 pm

Kansas hemp advocates eager to widen cultivation of plant with variety of uses

by Tim Carpenter, Kansas Reflector

Industrial hemp champion Kelly Rippel wants to light a fire under state and federal lawmakers to reform the agricultural policy framework to better support cultivation of a crop farmed by seven U.S. presidents before the industry was dismantled across the country.

Ken Lassman
Environment July 2, 2023 - 11:00 pm

Kaw Valley Almanac for July 3-9, 2023

by Ken Lassman

This time of year it is not uncommon to have isolated storms that dump multiple inches of rain in isolated spots, but little to nothing elsewhere.

Environment June 30, 2023 - 4:54 pm

Pancake the black-footed ferret remembered for his playfulness

by Chansi Long

One of Prairie Park Nature Center’s cutest and longest-lived critters — Pancake, an 8-year-old black-footed ferret — died this week.

Environment June 25, 2023 - 10:26 pm

Kaw Valley Almanac for June 26-July 2, 2023

by Ken Lassman

Sphinx moths are typically most active around dusk or even at night. This one was caught gathering nectar from the blossoms of the late-blooming Sullivant’s milkweed in broad daylight.

Environment June 21, 2023 - 10:25 pm

Douglas County Commission approves NextEra permits related to solar farm

by Mackenzie Clark

Douglas County commissioners on Wednesday approved a request for permits from NextEra Energy Resources in connection with the West Gardner Solar project.

Environment June 20, 2023 - 10:40 pm

Lawrence City Commission votes down single-use plastic bag ban

by Mackenzie Clark

On a 2-2 tie, Lawrence city commissioners on Tuesday voted down an ordinance that would have banned the use of single-use plastic bags in city limits.

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