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Register for the 2023 Conference Today!
The Prairie Enthusiasts 2023 Conference – Reverence for the Land – will be held Saturday, February 11, . Join your prairie enthusiasts community in Minnesota this upcoming February – register today!
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Early Highlights from the Landowner Services Program
The new Landowner Services program is up and running, and though the program is in its early days, it’s already yielding some noteworthy botanical finds and conservation opportunities. Given the…
Field Trips – What’s Next?
Our community of prairie enthusiasts is just as resilient as the prairies and savannas. However, there’s no doubt about it – as grassroots volunteers and leaders, we’re likely all asking…
Authentic Responses to Black Lives Matter
Beginning in late May of this year, our collective attention has been forcibly drawn by the enormous and continuing demonstrations across the country protesting the long unsolved issues of racial…
Field Trips Restart, June 2020
TPE has set in place new guidelines to enable us to begin holding our important field trips and work parties going forward while protecting our safety during the COVID-19 pandemic.…
TPE Growing Stronger: Meet your Team!
Hello Prairie Enthusiasts! We are Dan, Diane, Jerry, and Joe, and we are the people working for you and TPE as the Chapter Support staff. As you may have heard,…
TPE Landowner Services: New staff and capacity for the organization
Are you, or do you know someone who is interested in restoring or managing native prairie and savanna communities on private land? Would you like to hear the bumblebees busily…
This Week in the Driftless Area, June 4, 2020
This week the savanna’s purple lupines (Lupinus perennis) and pink wild geraniums (Geranium maculatum) are being replaced by spiderworts (Tradescantia ohiensis). According to past years’ local records, spiderworts are blooming…
Springtime Photo Gallery, May 2020
Spring is quickly growing into summer. Here are a few photos that captured our attention this past month. So fun to see what is happening in and around the prairie.…
May Day 2020 Photo Gallery
Please enjoy these beautiful Spring photos contributed by our members! Let go of the last bits of winter and take a virtual walk through Nature and witness the new beginnings…
