If you’re not familiar with the Parsnip Predator, you’re missing out!Invented and produced by members of TPE’s Prairie Bluff Chapter, the Parsnip Predator is a tool designed for prairie invaders…

A conference tradition continues! The online format of our 2021 conference let TPE’s amazing photographers show off their work to more people than ever. Read on to see who won.We…

Pour some coffee, curl up in your favorite chair, and delve into these books written by members and friends of TPE!Is there a book that should be on this list?  If…

This article was a collaboration with Jeb Barzen.  Interested in pitching in to save our fire-dependent ecosystems? TPE’s next prescribed burn crew training will be an online-only class on February…

Here’s a recap of Driftless Area phenology from the past month, written by our very own Pat Trochlell.  Pat’s inspiration comes from her career as a wetland ecologist with the Wisconsin…

Landowner Services Coordinator Dan Carter writes about some special moments from the highly successful first year of TPE’s Landowner Services program. Dan’s schedule for 2021 is almost full. Email landowners@theprairieenthusiasts.org as…

This article was a collaboration with Rich Henderson. We in the Empire-Sauk Chapter are dreaming of a day when more red-headed woodpeckers, regal fritillaries, and other grassland- and savanna-loving species…

Incoming TPE Executive Director Debra Behrens tells the story of her journey into her new role. https://youtu.be/QV4XwxzVvh4 Debra wrote this additional greeting for our newsletter, The Prairie Promoter: It started as a…

It’s been 4 years since our chapter started the Species Conservation Project (SCP) in northwest Illinois (see the feature article in the March 2016 Prairie Promoter here), and in those…