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Discover exciting facts about our Environment.

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appreciate our
Natural World through the written word of these dedicated individuals.


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"X-Files"

Prairie Bush Clover
by
Jerry Selby, Director of Science & Stewardship
The Iowa Nature Conservancy    

Prairies will be hit hard by Global Warming
by
Professor Jay Malcolm
University of Toronto
(416) 978-0142

Purple Prairie Product
Herbal sales generate Coneflower Demand, Concern

by
Glinda Crawford

National Wildlife explains:
HOW TO PROTECT OUR IMPERILED POLLINATORS

A brief History:
PRE-SETTLEMENT PRAIRIES; "OCEAN OF GRASS

Endangered  Species of Hawaii
by
LENA KANEMORI

BALANCING ON A THIN LINE

Ada Hayden
A PROTECTOR OF IOWA PRAIRIES

by

Marcey M. Seavey

IOWA PRAIRIE NETWORK
Native Prairie Management Guide
by
Ray Hamilton

Dr.Michael Easton
A Crisis of our Time

Over the last 100 years, species extinction has largely been a result 
of  man-induced habitat destruction and over-exploitation.
Very informative article.

Major problems that face the Tallgrass Prairies
by James C.Trager

 



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