The Dust Bowl of the 1930s left a deep mark on the Great Plains, not only for farming families but also for wildlife. Images ...

2:53 p.m. Feb. 5, 2024: This article has been updated to correct the spelling of Jim Baird’s name. Tearing out your lawn can be a tough decision, especially if you have children or dogs who love to ...

University of Minnesota study uses science volunteers to examine the efficacy of revegetation seeding to suppress common ...

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- You may have heard about home buyouts when the county buys properties that repeatedly flood. But what happens afterwards? After the district buys a property, it's completely ...

A resilient warm-season perennial, side oats grama is good for lawns and large spaces. It mixes well with flowering perennials and gets its name from its flowering spikelets and seed heads, which ...

This will be the first in a series of articles on our native prairie grasses that can be used to enhance your yard. But first we need to know a bit more about prairies. Prairies are our heritage and ...

Long before irrigation pivots and improved turf varieties, native grasses were quietly doing the hard work.

Across the Great Plains, including Texas, there are a gradient of physical conditions going from west to east as you cross the shortgrass prairie through the mixed grass prairie to the tall grass ...

Budget reductions at Rivermont Golf Club placed a strain on the golf course maintenance operation. Superintendent Mark Hoban recognized that they could not afford the same amount of highly maintained ...

The idea of restoring native ecosystems attracted Marc Pastorek’s interest in the 1990s, when he learned of the work of Drs. Charles Allen and Malcolm Vidrine. The two professors at Louisiana State ...