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Flood prevention – what you can do
The "Moby" rain barrel being sold by the Indian Creek Nature Center in Cedar Rapids. (Photo from Rain Water Solutions) The Indian Creek Nature Center and ECO Iowa City are offering several ways in...
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April Calendar
Laurie Mitchell of Marion, takes a photo of her granddaughter, Natalie Davenport, at last year's Easter open house at the Noelridge Park Greenhouse in Cedar Rapids. (photo/Cindy Hadish)Maybe because of...
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May Calendar
Here are some of the eco-events coming to Eastern Iowa in May, 2010:Mary Kopecky works on a willow tower at her southeast Cedar Rapids home. Mary donates the towers to be sold at the Indian Creek...
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Last chance for a Moby
Susan Gordon of the Indian Creek Nature Center said the center is placing its second order of 300 rain barrels soon. The effort is part of the “Million Gallon Challenge” to help capture runoff and do...
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June Calendar
Take a summer solstice or full moon hike; learn about bugs and composting and find plenty more to do outdoors in Eastern Iowa. Here are some of the activities that are happening in June 2010:Frank...
View ArticleHomers: What’s going right
By The Gazette Editorial Board———–SCOUTS HONOR: Eagle Scouts have contributed about 100 improvement projects to Indian Creek Nature Center as part of achieving the Boy Scouts’ top rank. So it’s fitting...
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Homegrown: April 2011 calendar
Dan Bussey 2 (3) Following are gardening and eco-events happening in Eastern Iowa in April:Fri., April 1, 5-8 p.m., Linn County Local Farmer and CSA Fair, Prairiewoods, Hiawatha. Learn how to add...
View ArticleExperiment shows MPG improvement easier than you think
A 9.3 percent improvement in fuel economy might seem to be a solid win in Rich Patterson’s $500 truck mileage experiment.Patterson, director of the Indian Creek Nature Center, ordered up a healthy...
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REPLAY: Live chat on gas-saving ideas
FILE - In this file photo taken March 8, 2011, gasoline is dispensed at a station in Oakland, Calif. Gasoline pump prices across the U.S. fell slightly Tuesday, March 15, for the first time in nearly a...
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Homegrown: June 2011 calendar
Statue and Garden Arch Following are gardening and eco-events scheduled for June 2011 in Eastern Iowa:Wed., June 1, 10 a.m., REAL Walk, Hiking Rim to River in the Grand Canyon, Indian Creek Nature...
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Homegrown: July 2011 calendar
wandalunnlillies Following are gardening and eco-events happening in Eastern Iowa during July 2011:Wed., July 6, 10 a.m., REAL Walk: Sloths in the Woods, Indian Creek Nature Center, 6665 Otis Rd. SE....
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Iowans can, should restore land for health, quality of life
By Rich Patterson—- This year marks the 100th anniversary of one of the most obscure but effective pieces of conservation legislation enacted. In 1911, President Howard Taft signed the Weeks Act into...
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Homegrown: August 2011 Calendar
lattice-tower Following are gardening and eco-events happening in Eastern Iowa this month:Wed., Aug. 3, 10 a.m., REAL Walk: Farming in Iowa Prior to Euramerican Settlement, Indian Creek Nature Center,...
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Homegrown: September 2011 calendar
Luke Urich, age 7 or Shueyville, opens the wings of a monarch butterfly after tagging it with a sticker at Wickiup Hill Outdoor Learning Center near Toddville on Saturday, August 28, 2010. The monarchs...
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Tour de Coop to showcase Cedar Rapids hen houses
A child's playhouse was transformed into this coop in southwest Cedar Rapids. (photo/CR-CLUC)Resembling playhouses, tiny cabins or mini-condos, only the chicken wire provides a clue as to their true...
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Homegrown: October 2011 calendar
seed savers Following are gardening and eco-events happening in Eastern Iowa during October 2011:Sat., Oct. 1, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., Annual Solar Tour & Energy Efficiency Open House, Prairiewoods 120...
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City hopes former sandpit will transform into prairie preserve
Douglas McArthur with the Cedar Rapids Parks Department harvests seeds from prairie grasses in a prairie at the Indian Creek Nature Center on Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2011, in southeast Cedar Rapids, Iowa....
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Urban woodlands precious
By Rich Patterson—- Although details of D-Day were secret, my mother once told me she knew the invasion was imminent. On June 6, 1944, her fiance, who later became my father, helped blast the Germans...
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Following are gardening and eco-events happening in November 2011 in Eastern Iowa:Tues., Nov. 1, 7-8 p.m., Frances Moore Lappe presents “Sustainable Foods and Climate Change: Fixing a Broken System”...
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Homegrown: December 2011 calendar
A male red bellied woodpecker picks up a peanut at a residence on Dvorak Drive in Spillville New Year's day as a wind chill advisory is posted for northeast Iowa. Extremely cold temperatures, strong...
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