Living with Bears: Some Tips to Coexist Peacefully

With some knowledge and good choices, we have the power to keep the wildlife wild and live peacefully with these magnificent animals.

Spriggly’s Beescaping: Inspiring Conservation Through Education and Habitat Restoration

Jill Jacobs, Brannen Basham, and Lucie Patten of Spriggly’s Beescaping By Maddie Mann, Communications and Education Associate Six years ago, Jill Jacobs and Brannen Basham...

Takeaways from Doug Tallamy

By Maddie Mann, Communications and Education Associate We all learned so much at the Gardening for Life Celebration featuring Doug Tallamy on March 4. We...

Images from a Native Plant Garden

Corrie Woods is one of the volunteers bringing Doug Tallamy to Polk County. And she’s a gifted photographer with stunning images to share from her garden full of life!

Bring Biodiversity and Its Benefits to Your Garden!

By Maddie Mann, AmeriCorps Communications and Education Associate The word biodiversity gets thrown around a lot. We have heard time and time again how biodiversity...

Look it! Look it! It’s Freakin’ Bats! We Love Halloween

By Lia Waldrum, AmeriCorps Habitat Restoration Associate Happy Halloween everyone! And in honor of spooky season and bat lovers everywhere, happy International Bat Week! Bats...

Piles of Stuff Make for Great Backyard Habitats!

Rockeries, Stumperies, Leaves, and Brush Piles Enhance Your Backyard Habitat From putting down the leaf blower to making piles of rocks, there are so many...

Support the Native Plants Right to Work Act

A dense planting of native perennial plants does more than just look great. Photo by Torry Nergart. In the place where good ideas go to...

Lights Out for Local Wildlife

How darkness benefits our native wildlife The United States at night, via a Google Earth satellite image. When you look at earth from a satellite...