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Native Seed Scoop, 2023 Winter Edition, University Of Northern Iowa. Tallgrass Prairie Center.

Native Seed Scoop

In This Issue:

--- Upcoming Events
--- Iowa Scoop
--- TPC Scoop
--- New Remnant Collections for 2023
--- First Harvests of New Species Planted in 2023
--- A Scoop of Science
--- A Few of Our Favorite Blogs

Native Seed Scoop, 2023 Summer Edition, University Of Northern Iowa. Tallgrass Prairie Center.

Native Seed Scoop

Contents:

--- Seed production plots are in bloom at the TPC
--- Upcoming Events
--- What's Your Scoop?
--- Recent National Meetings
--- Exploring Collaborative Marketing Effort for Native Seed
--- TPC Scoop
--- Natural Enemies Can Control Black Bean Aphid
--- In Other News

Foraging Dubuque: A Guide To Foraging In Dubuque County, Hailey Wedewer

Open Access Books

This book come into fruition only a few weeks into my 11 month Green Iowa AmeriCorps service term with Dubuque County Conservation. All Green Iowa AmeriCorps's members are required to complete a Personal Development Project over the course of their service term. This project must relate to either the mission of GIA or of the host site. Dubuque County Conservation's vision is "to engage the community's stewardship and enjoyment of its natural resources."

When brainstorming possible project ideas, I knew I wanted to choose something I knew little about, but wanted to learn more about. I had been wanting to …

Native Seed Scoop, 2023 Spring Edition, University Of Northern Iowa. Tallgrass Prairie Center.

Native Seed Scoop

Contents:

Upcoming Events:
--- Native Seed Stakeholder Meeting – hosted by the TPC
--- Prairie Preview - hosted by Bur Oak Land Trust
--- National Native Seed Conference: Cultivating the Restoration Supply Chain
--- North American Prairie Conference
--- TPC’s Restoration and Land Management Seminar
What’s Your Scoop?
Online Resources for Native Seeds
CRP Signup
NASEM Report on Native Seed Supply
A Scoop of Science

Biology News 2023, University Of Northern Iowa. Department Of Biology.

Biology News

In This Issue:

Letter from the Department Head --- 2
Passion for Teaching --- 3
Meet a Few of Our Recent Graduates: Joseph Correa; Hunter Mennenga; Abby Riley; Liz Wilgenbusch --- 4
Botanical Center Update --- 5
Welcome to Our Newest Staff Member: Jordan Wolff --- 5
Floral Macrophotography --- 6
Announcing the New Floyd Research Fellowship --- 7
UNI Nursing --- 7

2021-2022 Tallgrass Prairie Center Highlights, Tallgrass Prairie Center, University Of Northern Iowa

Annual Reports

From our director:

The roots of the Tallgrass Prairie Center go back to the 1980s, when UNI Biology Professor Daryl Smith began to collaborate with the Black Hawk County Secondary Roads Department. It was passion for prairie, combined with practicality, that drove this unusual partnership. Then in 1988, the Iowa Legislature wrote a powerful idea into the Iowa code: that it is in the public interest to manage Iowa’s roadsides for multiple purposes using ecological principles.

The Native Roadside Vegetation Center at UNI was formed to meet the practical challenges of that idea. Subsequently renamed the Tallgrass Prairie Center, we …

Native Seed Scoop, 2022 End Of Year Edition, University Of Northern Iowa. Tallgrass Prairie Center.

Native Seed Scoop

In this Issue:

--- ‘Tis (still) the season for seed cleaning at the Tallgrass Prairie Center
--- Iowa Prairie Network Winter Seminar
--- Native Seed Stakeholder Meeting
--- National Native Seed Conference
--- North American Prairie Conference
--- Iowa Source-Identified stock seed for native seed growers
--- New Ecotypes Available
--- Progress in Refreshing Existing Ecotypes
--- Iowa Native Seed Stakeholders in the News
--- A Scoop of Science

Native Seed Scoop, 2022 Harvest Edition, University Of Northern Iowa. Tallgrass Prairie Center.

Native Seed Scoop

In this Issue:

--- Native Seed Stakeholder Meeting
--- Seed Plot Fauna and Pathogens
--- Reviving "lost" ecotypes
--- First harvest from 2021 accessions
--- Trials with hemiparasites
--- Phenological differences among Iowa Ecotype zones
--- Seed Database Moves to SER Website
--- Research on the Native Plant Materials Supply
--- Our Pick of Podcasts

Native Seed Scoop, 2022 Post-Planting Edition, University Of Northern Iowa. Tallgrass Prairie Center.

Native Seed Scoop

Inside this Issue:

--- Events
--- In case you missed it
--- Collaboration on seed production issues
--- New species at the TPC
--- Conservation Program news
--- AOSCA updates certification booklet
--- Research scoop
--- Outreach, education, and marketing
--- In other news . . .

Biology News 2022, University Of Northern Iowa. Department Of Biology.

Biology News

Table of Contents

Letter from the Department Head ---- 2
Preparing Science Teachers ---- 2
Learning Biology at UNI ---- 3
In Case You Missed it ---- 4
Ch-ch-ch Changes ---- 4
Support the Programs that Mean the Most to You ---- 5
Connect with Us ---- 5

Native Seed Scoop, Winter 2022, University Of Northern Iowa. Tallgrass Prairie Center.

Native Seed Scoop

The Native Seed Scoop newsletter provides native seed producers, service providers, and consumers with practical information. The goal of this newsletter is to improve information sharing among native seed stakeholders and help sustain a diverse, thriving native seed market.

Inside this Issue:

--- Events
--- What's Your Scoop?
--- New TPC Seed Collections
--- Conservation Program News
--- Three Iowa Native Seed Growers
--- Research Scoop
--- Native Plant Awareness, Outreach, and Marketing
--- Tallgrass Prairie Center 2021 Highlights
--- In Memorium

All About The Prairie: Coloring Book Of Plants, Animals, And Insects Native To Iowa Prairies, Brianna Hull

Faculty Book Gallery

A coloring book with drawings of plants, animals, and insects that are native to Iowa. Includes the common and Latin names of the species as well as the Meskwaki names for some. -- Provided by the publisher

2020-2021 Tallgrass Prairie Center Highlights, Tallgrass Prairie Center, University Of Northern Iowa

Annual Reports

The Tallgrass Prairie Center empowers people to value and restore diverse, resilient tallgrass prairie. Our goals are to: 1) build the capacity of our partners and stakeholders to plant prairie and 2) expand public awareness of and appreciation for the prairie ecosystem.

The need for more diverse, native, perennial vegetation on the landscape has never been greater. Prairie is ideal wildlife habitat. Its deep roots hold the soil during even the heaviest rainfall, increase water infiltration and reduce nutrient pollution in our rivers. Over time, prairies can trap and store carbon. And let’s not forget the mental health benefits of …

Native Seed Scoop, Fall 2021, University Of Northern Iowa. Tallgrass Prairie Center.

Native Seed Scoop

The Native Seed Scoop newsletter provides native seed producers, service providers, and consumers with practical information. The goal of this newsletter is to improve information sharing among native seed stakeholders and help sustain a diverse, thriving native seed market.

Inside this Issue:

--- Events
--- Kudos
--- What's Your Scoop?
--- Species Spotlight: Whorled Milkweed, Asclepias verticillata
--- In the News
--- Production Topic: Companion Topic

Native Seed Scoop, Summer 2021, University Of Northern Iowa. Tallgrass Prairie Center.

Native Seed Scoop

The Native Seed Scoop newsletter provides native seed producers, service providers, and consumers with practical information. The goal of this newsletter is to improve information sharing among native seed stakeholders and help sustain a diverse, thriving native seed market.

Inside this Issue:

--- Panel Discussion – Native Seed: A Landowner’s Perspective
--- National Conference on Ecological Restoration (NCER)
--- Iowa Prairie Conference – Prairie Kinship
--- Iowa Roadside Conference
--- Tallgrass Prairie Center Updates
--- Native Seed News on the Web
--- Seed Test Variability Evaluated
--- Survey of Native Seed and Plant Consumers
--- Native Seed Highlights from SER2021

Native Seed Scoop, Winter 2021, University Of Northern Iowa. Tallgrass Prairie Center.

Native Seed Scoop

The Native Seed Scoop newsletter provides native seed producers, service providers, and consumers with practical information. The goal of this newsletter is to improve information sharing among native seed stakeholders and help sustain a diverse, thriving native seed market.

Inside this Issue:

--- Fourth Public Meeting - An Assessment of Native Seed Needs and Capacities
--- Native Seed Stakeholder Meeting(s) 2021
--- Native Seed News and Info
--- Production Topic - Seed Cleaning
--- Species Spotlight
--- Other news . . .

Native Seed Scoop, Fall 2020, University Of Northern Iowa. Tallgrass Prairie Center.

Native Seed Scoop

The Native Seed Scoop newsletter provides native seed producers, service providers, and consumers with practical information. The goal of this newsletter is to improve information sharing among native seed stakeholders and help sustain a diverse, thriving native seed market.

Inside this Issue:

--- This week: New Publication and Public Briefing from the National Academies of Sciences
--- Save the Date: Iowa Prairie Network Winter Meeting
--- Release of full report on the 2020 Native Seed Stakeholder Meeting
--- NEW: Native Seed Stakeholders email group
--- Summary of Workshop “Growing Through Change: Sourcing Climate-Resilient Seed”
--- Seed theft from remnant prairies? …

2019-2020 Tallgrass Prairie Center Highlights, Tallgrass Prairie Center, University Of Northern Iowa

Annual Reports

Google Map’s algorithm is convinced that the Tallgrass Prairie Center is a museum, but we have no exhibits or regular tours. When we host the occasional class field trip, we temporarily resemble a nature center. The seminars and conferences we hold wouldn’t be out of place coming from a nonprofit conservation organization. We’re proud to be a part of UNI’s College of Humanities, Arts and Sciences, but we are not an academic department. When UNI students use our facilities for research, we function as a university field station. In the summer, the seed production plots look like a flower farm. …

Native Seed Scoop, Summer 2020, University Of Northern Iowa. Tallgrass Prairie Center.

Native Seed Scoop

The Native Seed Scoop newsletter provides native seed producers, service providers, and consumers with practical information. The goal of this newsletter is to improve information sharing among native seed stakeholders and help sustain a diverse, thriving native seed market.

Inside this Issue:

--- International Standards for Native Seeds
--- Allowable Differences between Seed Tests
--- Herbicide Drift
--- Virtual Workshop on Climate-Resilient Seed Sourcing
--- Plan It Native Virtual Conference
--- Spotted Joe Pye Weed, Eutrochium maculatum
--- In other news . . .

Native Seed Scoop [July 2020], University Of Northern Iowa. Tallgrass Prairie Center.

Native Seed Scoop

The Native Seed Scoop newsletter provides native seed producers, service providers, and consumers with practical information. The goal of this newsletter is to improve information sharing among native seed stakeholders and help sustain a diverse, thriving native seed market.

Inside this Issue:

--- NRCS Native Prairie Seed Calculator Update
--- 2020 Native Seed Stakeholder Meeting
--- National Scoop
--- Events
--- In other news . . .

Biology News 2020, University Of Northern Iowa. Department Of Biology.

Biology News

Inside This Issue:
2 -- Letter from the Department Head
3 -- Welcome to Our New Staff Members
4 -- Undergraduate Research
7 -- What's New in Our Department
9 -- Spotlight on Outstanding Teaching
10 -- Outdoors on Campus
12 -- Year in Review for UNI Biology
13 -- Thank you to Donors
14 -- Donor Form / Make a Gift

Tallgrass Prairie Center Newsletter, Summer 2019, University Of Northern Iowa. Tallgrass Prairie Center.

Tallgrass Prairie Center Newsletter

Inside This Issue:
-- Irvine Prairie
-- Friends of the Tallgrass Prairie Center
-- 2019 Prairie on Farms Field Days
-- Prairie Root Banners
-- County Seed Pick Up
-- Student Research
-- New Staff at the TPC
-- Green Iowa Americorps Land & Water Stewards
-- Iowa's Noxious Weed Law Updated & Improved
-- Honors & Awards
-- Visitors & Community Meetings
-- Ensuring Access to High Quality Native Seed: Lessons Learned from the CRP Pollinator Initiative
-- Save the Date
-- Tallgrass Prairie Center Celebrates 20 Years!

Proceedings Of The 131st Annual Meeting Of The Iowa Academy Of Science [Abstracts & Program, 2019], Iowa Academy Of Science.

Annual Meeting of the Iowa Academy of Science [Programs & Abstracts]

Contains information about the schedule and presentations for the 2019 annual meeting of the Iowa Academy of Science, including abstracts.

Biology News 2019, University Of Northern Iowa. Department Of Biology.

Biology News

Inside this Issue:
--Greetings from the Department of Biology
--Upcoming event: Prairie Rendezvous in Celebration of Dr. Daryl Smith
--Staff and faculty news
--May 2019 Study Abroad trips
--Staff and Faculty Transitions
--The Difference He Made-Quotes on Dr. Wiens
--Outreach and Alumni
--Purple and Gold Award Recipient

Tallgrass Prairie Center Newsletter, Fall 2018, University Of Northern Iowa. Tallgrass Prairie Center.

Tallgrass Prairie Center Newsletter

Inside This Issue:
--Irvine Prairie
--2018 Prairie on Farms Field Day
--IRVM Seed Pick Up
--Dr. Doug Tallamy
--New Staff at the TPC
--Save the Date

Proceedings Of The 130th Annual Meeting Of The Iowa Academy Of Science [Abstracts & Program, 2018], Iowa Academy Of Science.

Annual Meeting of the Iowa Academy of Science [Programs & Abstracts]

Contains information about the schedule and presentations for the 2018 annual meeting of the Iowa Academy of Science, including abstracts.

Biology News, Spring 2018, University Of Northern Iowa. Department Of Biology.

Biology News

Inside this issue:
-- Greetings from Biology
-- Biology Alumni
-- Department News
-- You Can Make a Difference
-- Support for Students

Communiqué: College Of Humanities, Arts & Sciences Alumni Magazine, Volume 6, Fall 2017, University Of Northern Iowa. College Of Humanities, Arts, And Sciences.

Communiqué: College of Humanities, Arts & Sciences Alumni Magazine

Inside this issue:
-- Message from the Dean
-- CHAS Briefs
-- Class Notes
-- Into the Woods
-- Wilson Lecture Turns 20
-- Environmental Ethics
-- Hearst Lectureship
-- Proud & Torn
-- Carver Grant Awarded
-- Physics 3 + 2 Program
-- Alum Speaks to UN
-- Clinic Director Named
-- Cornucopia
-- Woman in Innovation
-- Susan & Paul Rider

Tallgrass Prairie Center News, Autumn 2017, University Of Northern Iowa. Tallgrass Prairie Center.

Tallgrass Prairie Center Newsletter

Inside This Issue:
--Into the Weeds: The Pollinator Habitat Evaluation Project
--New Equipment for Field, Lab, and Classroom at the Tallgrass Prairie Center
--Coming Soon: Four Sensational Seminars
--Enhancing Roadsides With Milkweeds and Other Prairie Species: Can We Do it Cost-effectively?
--New Brochures Address Common Questions about Roadside Vegetation

Proceedings Of The 129th Annual Meeting Of The Iowa Academy Of Science [Abstracts & Program, 2017], Iowa Academy Of Science.

Annual Meeting of the Iowa Academy of Science [Programs & Abstracts]

Contains information about the schedule and presentations for the 2017 annual meeting of the Iowa Academy of Science, including abstracts.