As the temperature neared 90 on a day in early June, Sara Rother revved up a weed-whacker and began to cut down the waist-high grass that blanketed the small island she stood on in the Mississippi ...

In hindsight, the managers of Davenport's Nahant Marsh say they should have moved more quickly. But when they first spotted a small stand of reed canary grass growing in the area across the water from ...

The tufted seed heads of Reed canary grass are easily noticed this time of year. The tufted seed heads of Reed canary grass are easily noticed this time of year. There are so many plants in nature ...

One evening last week, my wife and I rode our bikes down the Red Cedar Trail. Lynne’s intent was to get a little exercise. My mission was to find something to write about for today’s column. The first ...