TOPEKA | Around here, corn and soybeans are still king. But conservationists know there is also value in seed produced by native grasses and wildflowers. Prairie seed is in demand for a variety of ...

Incorporating tallgrass prairie species into a design can provide an opportunity to enhance ecological and aesthetic impact.

ARGYLE, Minn. -- Though it's only mid-March, Rivard's Turf and Forage Inc. in Argyle is gearing up for the grass planting season. Thousands of bags of Kentucky blue grass, perennial rye grass and ...

Across the Great Plains, including Texas, there are a gradient of physical conditions going from west to east as you cross the shortgrass prairie through the mixed grass prairie to the tall grass ...

DECATUR — Over two dozen acres stood in front of Alysia Callison as she imagined how different the area will look in several years. Callison, the manager of Rock Springs Nature Center, spent the windy ...

Monarchs flitted between vivid purple blazing stars and goldenrod within arm's reach of late-summer seed collectors who studiously wandered the prairie Aug. 18 at Crow-Hassan Park Reserve near Hanover ...

Wes Jackson, founder of the Land Institute, walks on institute ground near Salina in 2004. In decades of genetic work, writing and environmental advocacy, he tried to find a better way to farm, with ...

I was recently asked by my friend Mike Herr, aka “Mike the Mailman,” about dividing his ornamental grasses. And because I recently received a letter from my old friend and former colleague Dr. Gus van ...

As another June morning broke, Crow-Hassan Park Reserve's prairie world already hummed with activity. The white feathers of a meadowlark's tail flashed through the tall grass. Vibrant butterfly weed ...

Here’s a statement from the Johnson County sheriff about recovering 22 bags of stolen prairie grass seed. That’s good news but it makes you wonder who stole it and why? Did they think it was grass ...