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Over the decades, the Lesser Prairie Chicken has become a purity test for Kansas politicians and a proxy in the battle between industry and private landowners versus environmentalists.
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Today we celebrate more than half a century of Earth Days, so I thought we’d spend some time with the history of this national observance for our dear…
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Today’s Growing on the High Plains will line up some facts about the energy and environmental benefits of planting a windbreak on your landscape. If…
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A flight of doves breaks above the tree line. Fourteen-year-old Robert Goodall fires his shotgun. The birds continue on their path unharmed. “Never...
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MANHATTAN, Kansas — A bus filled with livestock industry representatives from South America, Australia, Africa and Europe drove past rows of pens and…
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During my internship at HPPR, I had the opportunity to speak with Joni Carswell, the CEO and President of the Texas-based conservation foundation Texan By…
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Watershed conservation groups in Wichita made their pitch Wednesday for more money from the federal farm bill. But for two Kansas congressmen,...
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Farmers depend on productive, sustainable land, clean water and air and healthy animals to make a living. To help create those conditions and protect...
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A new study says small patches of native prairie plants provide a range of conservation benefits to Iowa’s landscape and could reduce water pollution...
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Some farmers and soil scientists are starting to realize that the most important thing you can do is view topsoil itself as a living thing.As Politico…