The plan initially will provide enough seed to plant a total of 33.5 acres at sites in Scott, Rock, Mercer and Muscatine ...

Roots twine across a sculptor’s work. Dancers lean and sway against each other like grasses in a breeze. I’ve seen people enchanted and haunted by the prairie, their art changed by spending time in ...

A pocket prairie is a small garden in a landscape that includes ... Native warm season-bunching grasses have deep roots that break up the soil, allowing rain to penetrate deeply. The grass stems are ...

Prairie dogs live in underground burrows ... These large squirrels emerge from their burrows in daylight to forage and feed on grasses, roots, and seeds. They communicate with loud cries.

The continual growth allows the roots of native prairie plants to grow deep underground ... the invasives start to grow just before native grasses sprout up. The effort is a part of a grant ...