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Fresh homemade strawberry rhubarb jelly with strawberries and rhubarb

Strawberry Rhubarb Pie: A Recipe for Inclusion

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Can nature, food, and ancestry connect us? My mother, born into a German household in southern Minnesota, grew up knowing and enjoying a plant called rhubarb. It is a cultivated plant in the genus Rheum… 

Celebrate International Day for Biological Diversity

May 22 is recognized as International Day for Biological Diversity. Areas or ecosystems with high biodiversity have a wide variety of species present, across multiple groups, such as trees, wildflowers, birds and mammals. Undisturbed natural… 

May 11 Rod-Busting Series Winners

Rod-Busting Series Update: May 11

This past Saturday, we hosted our second Rod-Busting Series of the season. All week, the meteorologists had been calling for a washout, but there was no rain until well after the tournament had ended. It… 

A striped skunk is on high alert, ready to defend itself.

More Than an Audacious Odor

Stripes may look good on your cat, but don’t get the striations from Mephitis mephitis mixed up with your pet. You might end up with an acrid stench you won’t be able to easily get… 

Monarchs Reign Again

For the last 33 years, Great Parks has conducted a butterfly count in the western Hamilton County parks headed by former Great Parks Ranger and current VIP Bob Nuhn, in collaboration with the North American Butterfly…