Environmental

Ecosystem Restoration: Saving Nature by Burning it

Every spring around Earth Day my extended family and I get together to do our part to preserve and protect native Iowa ecosystems. A lot of people spend hours planting a few trees on Earth day, which is really cool and an honorable tradition, but our goal is to...

thick stand of native grasses and wildflowers

What, Where, Why: Wetland Delineation

What is a Wetland? A wetland is an area where water covers a piece of land for varying periods of time near the soil surface. The prolonged existence of water determines the kind of soil that forms, the plants that cultivate in the area, and the types of fish and...