Prairie Preview and Pawpaws
January 27, 2024 8:06 am Leave your thoughtsMeaningful environmental work is happening in Iowa and we want to share the good news with you! Get ready to... Read More →
Author Archives for Meredith Roemerman
A Year of Revival
December 30, 2023 4:11 pm Leave your thoughtsThe work of conserving land in eastern Iowa is ongoing. It takes thoughtful planning and continual action to change natural... Read More →
Fall burn season
December 28, 2023 10:24 pm Leave your thoughtsThere are many benefits of controlled fire in natural areas. It’s a tool the Bur Oak Land Trust crew uses... Read More →
The Winter Moths
December 20, 2023 10:05 pm Leave your thoughtsAbout the author: Darren McNabb is a lifelong Iowa resident and amateur entomologist. He runs his own insect photography website,... Read More →
Book Review: Tending Iowa’s Land, Pathways to a Sustainable Future
December 8, 2023 8:33 pm Leave your thoughtsWritten by Mitchell Griffin, this review originally appeared in the Fall/Winter 2023 issue of Bur Oak Notes. Author Cornelia “Connie” Mutel... Read More →
A Prairie Devotional
November 14, 2023 10:55 pm Leave your thoughtsA higher calling is at the heart of Jim Kessler’s conservation story. “Kathy and I are people that take our... Read More →
Bur Oak 2024 events
November 3, 2023 8:21 pm Leave your thoughtsSave the Dates! Bur Oak Land Trust has many free events for the public in 2024 including hikes, tours and... Read More →
Golden Hour – Art for Conservation Fundraiser
September 25, 2023 9:37 pm Leave your thoughtsThe Golden Hour dinner fundraiser at the Webster is officially sold out! You can still show your support for local... Read More →
Saving the home of a native bee
June 20, 2023 1:17 am Leave your thoughtsA rusty patched bumble bee on Culver’s root at Turkey Creek Nature Preserve. The bee was federally protected in 2017,... Read More →
A Force of Nature: How one woman’s mission to save land led to 45 years of conservation
May 5, 2023 8:59 pm Leave your thoughtsTurkey Creek Nature Preserve was protected in 1980 as the first parcel of land acquired by Johnson County Heritage Trust,... Read More →
