Ken Lassman
Recent rains have begun a significant increase in fruiting mushrooms which will only increase as temperatures warm. There are more than 400 mushroom species in Kansas, so keep an eye out for a wide variety of these fungi in coming weeks.
Ken Lassman
There’s been lots of publicity about 17-year cicadas in the Northeast U.S. emerging this year, but the local “Kansas” Brood IV emerged in 2015 and won’t reappear again until 2032.
Ken Lassman
This may be the time of year with the most variety of bird
species easily visible or heard. Smartphone apps can record birds and ID them by their songs.
Tim Carpenter/Kansas Reflector
Members of the public will be allowed to comment on Evergy’s five-year sustainability plan after environmental and consumer advocates criticized regulators’ process as not transparent.
Ken Lassman
In area woodlands, black locusts and May apples are blooming as are strawberries, while wild cherry blossoms are winding down.
Tim Carpenter/Kansas Reflector
Evergy will retire its coal power plant in Lawrence by the end of 2023, the […]
Daniel Lassman
Warmer temperatures predicted for this week may end morel season unless we get more rain, which might actually happen.
Environmental and consumer groups are raising alarms about what they claim is limited transparency as Kansas regulators review Evergy’s plan to spend more than $8.9 billion on the utility provider’s infrastructure across the state.
Ken Lassman
Ken Lassman
Ken Lassman will be posting his weekly nature updates here to help you tap into ancient, ever-renewing cycles that might help you find your place on this planet more interesting.
