Prairie Chapter News Today

Learn to identify plants in winter and secrets of seed dormancy and germination during a meeting of the Lake to Prairie Chapter of Wild Ones on Tuesday. Ecologist Jeff Weiss, a Buffalo Grove residen...

Stuart Witt took home first at the International Society of Arboriculture (ISA) Prairie Chapter tree climbing competition in Winnipeg.

Stuart Witt took home first at the International Society of Arboriculture (ISA) Prairie Chapter tree climbing competition in Winnipeg.

This past Saturday morning, with blue skies and closing in on a high of 24-degrees, Deborah Auger and her 14-year-old twins Ethan and Emma joined about 30 others on an Indigenous-led walk in the North Saskatchewan River Valley in Edmonton. “We're just trying to get some knowledge and also get some exercise in,” said Auger, a member of the Bigstone Cree Nation. She was born in Edmonton and has resided in the city for the past 30 years. Auger said she and her children share the same level...

Thursday, May 4, 2023 - \“Hike Every Mile-North Dakota\” is an event coming up on June 3rd, when folks will fan out to hike the entire 475 miles of the North Country Trail in North Dakota. Joining us to tell us about the trail and the upcoming event is Rennae Gruchalla, vice president of the Dakota Prairie Chapter of the North Country Trail. ~~~ Every five years, Congress has to renew the Farm Bill. Harvest Public Media’s Xcaret Nuñez breaks down the major pieces of the omnibus bill and w...

Arborists from Alberta, Manitoba, and Saskatchewan competed for the title of Prairie Masters Champion outside of the Saskatchewan Legislative Building on Sunday.

The Lakota matriarch was honored for ‘fortitude and courage’ as a nurse, politician and advocate

Native American war hero Marcella Rose LeBeau has made her journey to the spirit world.

The Lake to Prairie Chapter of Wild Ones is holding a native landscaping conference on Saturday, Nov. 13.

It started out so innocently. I was reading the May 2009 edition of Backpacker magazine and came across an article titled America’s Best Day Hikes. Under the Midwest Prairie suggestions was a 9-mile hike in the Sheyenne National Grassland (SNG) with the following description. “Pristine tall-grass prairies offer a unique peek into America’s scenic past. This North Dakota gem offers that, plus a well-maintained section of the North Country Trail. As you hike through the towering gr...