THE SOUNDS OF SPRING IN RUTH PARK WOODS
St. Louis’s year-round species of birds are beginning to be joined by migrating birds returning...
Read MoreSt. Louis’s year-round species of birds are beginning to be joined by migrating birds returning...
Read MoreUpdate to previous post on the Invasive Species bill: The Conservation Federation of Missouri (CFM) has made it easy to take action. Here’s a link to their automated letter generator. For those living in U...
Read MoreInvasive plants choke out native vegetation without providing nutritious food for wildlife. They...
Read MoreOn Memorial Day, May 27, 2024, the University City Memorial Day Run (MDR) will turn fifty! For the...
Read MoreOn Sunday, October 1, U City in Bloom hosts its biennial Garden Tour in conjunction with its...
Read MoreWatch A Year in the Life of the Woods, a video created by Byron Sletten, which was shown at the...
Read MoreThere’s no doubt that water is a precious natural resource but it can also be a tremendously...
Read MorePhen…What? Phenology is one of the many -ologies — the study of something. In this case, it is the...
Read MoreNo, bananas aren’t native to Missouri, but the pawpaw, otherwise known as the American custard apple or Missouri (or Indiana, Hoosier, Michigan or Nebraska) banana is. These small trees with big leaves tend to grow along streams and rivers in bottomland forests.
Read MoreThis week’s focus is vine or Japanese honeysuckle Lonicera japonica. It smells lovely, tastes sweet, and can smother trees to death.
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