IRVINE PRAIRIE – What do prairie roots look like? A recent dig at Irvine Prairie north of Dysart set out to answer that very question. Last Monday and Tuesday, August 5 and 6, staff with UNI’s Tallgrass Prairie Center (TPC) dug a pit – roughly 10 feet deep and 12 feet wide – and ...
CHELSEA — On a recent muggy Saturday afternoon, U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) made an appearance in Tama County as part of her River to River tour. Biologists, DNR employees, and Ducks Unlimited stakeholders toured the Otter Creek Marsh. Occupying 3,800 acres outside of Chelsea and ...
Tama Soil & Water Conservation District (SWCD) is pleased to announce Dylan Hosek of rural Traer has been selected to receive a $1,000 local college scholarship through the SWCD’s outreach programming. Dylan is a North Tama graduate majoring in Applied Agricultural & Food Studies ...
RURAL TRAER – Join Tama County Women, Land & Legacy for its 50th event, “Fox Ridge Winery Tour & Social.” The event will be held on Tuesday, Aug. 20 at 1465 L Avenue in rural Traer and begin promptly at 6 p.m. Since this is an outdoor event, a raindate is scheduled for Aug. 22 at ...
OTTER CREEK – This past Monday, Tama County Conservation provided an update on its Facebook page regarding the refilling of the 70-acre Otter Creek Lake as part of the lake restoration project which began in late 2021 but didn’t get fully started until over a year later with the dredging of ...
IRVINE PRAIRIE – Bring along a chair and join Women, Land & Legacy from Benton and Tama counties for their upcoming event, “Irvine Prairie Walkabout.” It will be held on Tuesday, July 9 at 1174 55th Street in rural Dysart. The location is three miles north of IA 8 on County Road ...
AMES – The Tama Turtles took first place in the State Wildlife Habitat Education Program senior team division and will represent Iowa 4-H at the 2024 National WHEP Competition. Team members are Lauren Keller, Wyatt Silhanek, Carlee Smith and Josey Wacha from Tama County. The State WHEP ...
IRVINE PRAIRIE – Roughly 60 Union high schoolers from Craig Hemsath’s science classes and Adam Sacquitne’s agriculture classes visited Irvine Prairie north of Dysart on May 22 as part of the annual spring planting day at the Tallgrass Prairie Center’s (TPC) ...
Tama Soil & Water Conservation District (SWCD) celebrated Soil & Water Stewardship Week this year by donating conservation books to local elementary school libraries throughout Tama County. On behalf of her students, Dysart-Geneseo Media Aide Peg Hennings has received four ...
Tama Soil & Water Conservation District is proud to announce its Stewardship Week Poster Contest winners! Congratulations to Brenna Miller of Mrs. Carty's 4th grade class at Union's Dysart-Geneseo Elementary School. She received her $10 grade level award from Tama SWCD Chair Jack Boyer ...