A new year is a new beginning. We can give nature a new beginning, by reducing 10% of our lawn. Lawn/turfgrass now covers more than 40 million acres, more than twice all state parks, state forest, and wildlife management areas combined. Unfortunately the area we call...

It wasn’t long ago I could hear a variety of prairie birds’ singing when I ventured out to a prairie. Lately I noticed… silence. I learned that we actually lost over 50% of prairie birds (720 million) since 1970. In fact, we lost 3 billion birds since 1970...

As a photographer, I often ask myself why I continue pursuing certain images. It was 15 years ago when I first attempted to photograph a butterfly's egg. It didn't turn out well. I was so disappointed.  Perhaps, I didn't have enough knowledge of my craft and did not...

If you live in Missouri, you might be aware of the high quality Missouri Conservationist magazine that's free to Missouri residents. This month’s issue was no exception. I’m proud how my article, “Regal Fritillary” in this month's issue turned out. The regal...