I’ve been leading photo tours to capture images of common loons (Gavia immer) for more than 10 years. Each time I take a group of photographers out, it feels like a new, fun adventure.
Reading about these unusual creatures, I was struck by how beneficial they are, consuming insects, worms, snakes, frogs, mice, fruit, berries, carrion, and just about anything else they can find.
It was in 2020 when I first heard whisperings of a state-endangered orchid species being found in the Pyramid State Recreation Area near Pinckneyville, Ill.
Typically, I would have dismissed this as next to
As my head emerged from the screen door of my tent, there were all sorts of things that could have caught my eye on the second morning of a recent trip with a group of
Tucked in along the shores of Little Millers Bay on West Lake Okoboji is the Iowa Lakeside Laboratory, one of the most respected science laboratories in the world.
It is located on a 147-acre
I know a painting so evanescent that it is seldom viewed at all, except by some wandering deer. It is a river who wields the brush, and it’s the same river who, before I can
Though one is native and other invasive, paddlefish and silver (Asian) carp have similar characteristics regarding behavior and movement, says Kayla Stampfle, Minnesota DNR invasive carp specialist.
Because of those similarities, the DNR is
The Okoboji Blue Water Festival, which is held annually at Preservation Plaza on the shores of West Lake Okoboji on the second Saturday of August, recently received the Sustainability Initiative Award for a small market
In the fall of 2020, the Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation (INHF) learned of the possible sale of 50 acres of land directly north of Elinor Bedell State Park on the shores of East Lake Okoboji.<br
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