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April 13 – 19, 2020 Kaw Valley Almanac

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This entry was posted on April 12, 2020, in Prairie and tagged apple cedar rust, buckeye, cherry, coralberry, cottonwood, dogwood, hickory, hoary puccoon, Honey locust, honeysuckle, hummingbird, May apple, papaw, prairie violet, privet, skunkbush, spring beauty, whippoorwill, wild turkey. 2 Comments

October 14 – 20, 2019 Kaw Valley Almanac

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This entry was posted on October 13, 2019, in Prairie and tagged ash, aster, Baker Wetlands, boneset, Clinton Reservoir, cottonwood, Douglas County State Lake, fall bird migration, Fitch Natural History Preserve, honey bee, Kansas, Kaw levee, Maple Leaf Festival, Mother Earth News Fair, October, phenology, poison ivy, Prairie, seagulls, sumac, sunflowers, sweet everlasting, virginia creeper, walnut, Wells Overlook Park. Leave a comment

April 8 – 14, 2019 Kaw Valley Almanac

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This entry was posted on April 7, 2019, in April, Kansas, nature observation, phenology, Prairie and tagged cottonwood, cutleaf toothwort, deer antler, dutchman's breeches, egg shells, elm samara, false rue anemone, mammal bones, morel, red bud, rue anemone, Trout lily, turtle shell. Leave a comment

July 9 – 15, 2018 Kaw Valley Almanac

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This entry was posted on July 8, 2018, in July, Kansas, nature observation, phenology, Prairie and tagged black-eyed susan, chickory, chuck will's widow, cicada, compass plant, cottonwood, dogwood, drought, eastern gamagrass, gayfeather, grasshopper, gray coneflower, Illinois bundleflower, katydid, milkweeds, Milky Way, night hawk, Queen Ann's lace, sericea lespedeza, sweet clover, teasel, tree frog, vetch, whippoorwill. Leave a comment

June 18 – 24, 2018 Kaw Valley Almanac

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This entry was posted on June 17, 2018, in June, Kansas, nature observation, phenology, Prairie and tagged beebalm, blackberry, bluegrass, butterfly milkweed, coreopsis, cottonwood, deer antlers, deptford pink, dogwood, dragonfly, echinacea, elderberry, fescue, gray headed coneflower, Johnsongrasss, lead plant, lightning bug, mars, mulberry, new jersey tea, orchardgrass, poison hemlock, raspberry, rolypoly, sensitivebrier, slender mountain mint, sumac, summer solstice, timothy, tree frog, walnut, white prairie clover, wild white indigo. Leave a comment

May 22 – 28, 2017 Kaw Valley Almanac

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This entry was posted on May 21, 2017, in Kansas, May, nature observation, phenology, Prairie and tagged bat, beaver, bluegrass, bobcat, brome, chigger, cottonwood, daisy fleabane, fescue, garter snake, hackberry butterfly, hoary puccoon, junegrass, mulberry, mushroom, muskrat, nighthawk, oxeye daisy, prairie parsley, prairie phlox, ringneck snake, skink, skunk, snake, spiderwort, spittlebug, tadpole, turtle, white wild indigo, wild alfalfa, woodchuck, yarrow. Leave a comment

May 8 – 14, 2017 Kaw Valley Almanac

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This entry was posted on May 7, 2017, in Kansas, May, nature observation, phenology, Prairie and tagged antelopehorn milkweed, brome, cattail, chuck will's widow, cottonwood, daisy fleabane, evening primrose, fescue, gooseberries, Kentucky bluegrass, lightning bug, mulberries, new jersey tea, oxeye daisy, pine, pocket gopher, spiderwort, verbena, wheat, whippoorwill, wild strawberries, yarrow, yellow sweet clover. Leave a comment

April 3 – 9, 2017 Kaw Valley Almanac

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This entry was posted on April 2, 2017, in April, Kansas, nature observation, phenology, Prairie and tagged apple-cedar rust, bluegrass, brome, butterfly, cottonwood, cutleaf toothwort, dutchman's breeches, false rue anemone, fescue, flowering plum, hoary puccoon, lilac, May apple, migratory birds, mole, morel, nesting, papaw, pocket gopher, redbud, rue anemone, skunk, Trout lily, wild cherry, woodchuck, yellow woodland violet. Leave a comment

January 2 – 8, 2017 Kaw Valley Almanac

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This entry was posted on January 1, 2017, in January, Kansas, nature observation, phenology, Prairie and tagged beetle, bristly greenbriar, cottonwood, cricket, daisy, grasshoppers, moss, moth, mullein, osage orange, squirrels, wild garlic, wild onion. Leave a comment

April 11 – 17 Kaw Valley Almanac

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This entry was posted on April 10, 2016, in April, Kansas, nature observation, Prairie and tagged cherry, coralberry, cottonwood, dogwood, hackberry, hoary puccoon, Honey locust, honeysuckle, morel, papaw, prairie violet, privet, skunkbush, spring beauty, Trout lily, wild turkey. Leave a comment

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Twelve Years of Wild Douglas County!

If you like the weekly posts of Kaw Valley Almanac, you might be interested in purchasing a compilation of these kinds of posts that Ken Lassman has put together into a book, along with essays on the land and the ecosystems of the area. This book was designed not to be just another coffee table book full of pictures; rather it was designed to be used as a guide to accompany you when you take your treks outdoors to observe nature first hand. You can get this book at a number of local bookstores or order it here for $15 + $2 shipping (regular price: $20). Click here to purchase your copy via Paypal.

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Ken Lassman has been keeping this almanac for over a decade, He invites you to share your observations and photos in the comments section. You can find his book Wild Douglas County at The Raven Bookstore and The Community Mercantile in Lawrence.

Planting Moon: April

People living here have been planting their gardens this time of year for at least 4,000 years. Tap into this wonderful tradition as a way to connect with the incredible fertility of this land.

April days continue to lengthen, and it’s a good thing since almost every form of life is in high gear, nesting or birthing or blooming or leafing out or emerging from the mud. Mammals, birds, reptiles and amphibians have their birthing/hatching in the spring because food is available once again so the race to grow, survive and thrive before the next period of dormancy next winter returns. “Spring ephemerals,” or woodland wildflowers are in a rush to bloom, go to seed and get their business before the trees overhead block off the sunlight as their leaves unfurl and darken the woodland floor by the end of the month. Many humans rush out into the woods this time of year looking for morel mushrooms after a warm day and some rain; but hurry before the plants green up too much and make it next to impossible to find them!

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Kansas Area Watershed Council
Kansas Birding Listserv
University of Kansas Student Farm
Sustainability Action Network
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Kansas Land Trust
Alliance for Wild Ethics
Heartland All Species Foundation
Stan Slaughter, Eco-Troubadour
Community Mercantile Educational Foundation
National Academies of Science information about climate change
Earth Observatory Feature: The Carbon Cycle
Rolling Prairie Alliance

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