TPC in the News

 

April 24, 2026 
‘I fell in love with it. It caught my soul.’

North Tama Telegraph


The Prairie Farm logo

 

March 13, 2026 
How and When to Plant a Prairie So It ACTUALLY Shows Up

Episode 340

The Prairie Farm Podcast, Hoksey Native Seeds


Tallgrass Prairie

 

March 1, 2026 
The Most Imperiled Terrestrial Ecosystem On The Planet

National Parks Traveler


Best practices for pollinators logo

 

February 25, 2026 
Irvine Prairie: Monitoring, Seed Selection and Adaptive Restoration

Pollinator Friendly Alliance, Best Practices for Pollinators Summit 


Prairie burn

 

February 13, 2026 
Tallgrass Prairie Center announces spring seminar series

North Tama Telegraph


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February 13, 2026 
Which Prairie Species to Grow If You Want to Start a Prairie Farm

Episode 332

The Prairie Farm Podcast, Hoksey Native Seeds


Monuments

 

January 6, 2026 
Where The Prairie Still Remains

NOEMA Magazine


Field Gathering

 

June 20, 2025 
Prairie Summer

North Tama Telegraph


Grasses

 

MAY 19, 2025 
Returning to Its Roots

John Hogeland


Prairie fire

 

APRIL 18, 2025 
Irvine Prairie undergoes successful spring burn

North Tama Telegraph


Nature Trail Map

 

February 12, 2025 
UNI Prairie Preserve Trails contribute to Cedar Valley ecosystem

By Addie Buseman, The Northern Iowan 


Sunset on the prairie

 

August 13, 2024 
Collection: Four-part series on the Cedar Valley region's prairies

Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier


Field exercise

 

March 15, 2024
Iowa's past holds lessons

Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation Blog


Podcast logo

 

January 31, 2024 
Prairie Partnerships Part One: Tallgrass Prairie Center

Crossing Streams Podcast



Monarch Butterfly

 

January 23, 2024 
UNI Tallgrass Prairie Center featured in National Geographic Magazine

Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier


National Geographic Cover

 

January 2024 
Flight of the Monarchs

National Geographic

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November 17, 2023 
The Prairie Farm Podcast with the Tallgrass Prairie Center 

Episodes 108, 104, 99, and 98

Hoksey Native Seeds


Tallgrass Prairie

 

October 18, 2023 
Celebrating 50 years of UNI's tallgrass prairie

By Jenna Westendorf, The Northern Iowan


Annual Conference

 

October 12, 2023 
Irvine Prairie draws a crowd as part of annual conference

New visitor kiosk, weather station greet visitors, North Tama Telegraph


Advance magazine cover

 

October 9, 2023 
Interview with Cathy Irvine

Iowa Public Television's inaugural episode of "Iowa Life!"


Older woman seated along with a row of others behind her, she is holding a bouquet of wild flowers.

 

June 17, 2023 
A gift to Iowa's environment 

Cedar Rapids Gazette staff editorial


Many people circling an individual dressed in traditional wear

 

June 13, 2023 
Donation turns 300 acres of farmland into prairie

Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier






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February 10, 2023 
Iowa tallgrass prairie restoration project triples in size

Iowa Public Radio's Talk of Iowa with Charity Nebbe


Two people side by side hugging and smiling

 

February 2, 2023 
UNI tallgrass prairie restoration project to triple in size after donation 

Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier



8th grade students gathering around a spot in the ground watching an instructor.

 

October 28, 2022 
North Tama eighth graders visit Irvine Prairie

North Tama Telegraph


A big yellow caterpillar sits on the leaf of a budding pink flower, right next to it is a yellow flower, the sky a big bright blue.

 

October-November 2022 
Fertile Legacy: why remnant prairies are worth saving by Brianna Randall

National Wildlife Magazine


'Tell the Bees' Exhibit at Waterloo Center for the arts, featuring a dark shadowing image of different blossoms and stems

 

September 2, 2022 
WATCH NOW: 'Tell the Bees' exhibit at Waterloo Center for the Arts mourns loss of tallgrass prairies, pollinators

Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier, The culmination of a TPC artist residency by Erin Anfinson.


Woman holding a white feather with a big green forest behind her

 

August 22, 2022 
Prairie passion earns Irvine Conservation Woman of the Year

North Tama Telegraph, A special honor from the Conservation Districts of Iowa.



 

April 28, 2022 
Fire and Founder Meet on the Prairie

North Tama Telegraph


A woman and man standing in front of a silo decorated with pictures of green flower stems and yellow flowers

 

October 23, 2020 
Prairie comes to life

North Tama Telegraph



Beautiful picture of a soft sunset over a field, half with lines of a farm, the other with wildflowers and long grass.

 

March 23, 2020 
Enhanced Cost Share Available for Prairie Strips

Successful Farming


Large field with long grass and wild weeds, big trees in the background.

 

November 13, 2019 
Prescribed Prairie Burn Tips

Successful Farming



large plot of land with rolling hill in the back separated by evergreen trees

 

September 20, 2018 
Irvine donates 77 acres for prairie land

North Tama Telegraph


 

September 19, 2018 
Endangered Bumblebee Sighting has Campus Buzzing

Inside UNI



Large green field with long grass and a small pond

 

April 26, 2017 
7 Tips for Prairie Establishment

Successful Farming