Sumac and vines add touches of red while the last of the fall prairie flowers are fading. Prairie grasses are expected to turn brown by week’s end. In northeast Iowa, cool nights have enhanced ...

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Pete Lamar, a hunting friend, drew a free upland game permit for Franklin Creek State Natural Area--Nachusa Prairie, which ...

A satisfying hike doesn’t need to be strenuous. Just getting out in nature is its own reward, and, lucky for us, the ...

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Rather plain, but with a cheery warbled song, the Warbling Vireo is a common summer bird in leafy groves and open woods from coast to coast. Because it avoids solid tracts of mature, unbroken forest, ...