Spring 2023
The Hidden Mysteries of the Prairie in Winter with Chris Helzer
Bringing Prairie Back with Chris Taliga of Burtal Farms
Spring 2022
Tallgrass Prairie Center - "Through an Artist's Eyes" with Erin Anfinson
Monarchs in the Cedar Valley, with Jim Weimer, Todd Derifield and Jacob Geller
Developing a Native Seed Harvest and Production Program for Iowa’s Unique Loess Hills Prairies
Spring 2021
Grow Wild with Us! presented by the Wild Ones Loess Hills Chapter
Prairie Pothole Wetlands: Reconstructing Vegetation from Roadside Surveys
Presented by Leland Searles
Spring 2019
Wildly Successful Farming
Presented by Brian DeVore
Bison-Mediated Seed Dispersal: Restoring ecosystem functions in reconstructed tallgrass prairie
Presented by Pete Eyheralde
Spring 2018
Native Plant Success in the Home Landscape
Presented by Dan Mays
The Three Pillars of High Quality Habitat Management
Pete Berthelsen, Bee and Butterfly Habitat Fund
Developing Wetland Mitigation Credits Through Restoration of Exceptional Natural Resources
Presented by Amy Husveth, Critical Connections Ecological Services, Inc.
Creating the Case for Habitat in Rights-of-Way
Presented by Kristine Nemec, UNI Tallgrass Prairie Center
Spring 2016
Making Ecological Restoration More Effective: Ideas from the Midwest and around the world
Presented by Dr. Susan Galatowitsch, University of Minnesota
Fall 2014
Why has the monarch butterfly population declined and what can we do about it?
Presented by John Pleasants, Iowa State University
Spring 2014
Assault on the Prairie
Presented by Daryl Smith
Protecting and Restoring the Blufflands Region
Presented by Brian Fankhauser
Summer 2013
The Prairie Roots Project: Visualizing Soil Processes and Ecosystem Services
Presented by Dr. Laura Jackson, Director of The Tallgrass Prairie Center at the University of Northern Iowa
(Delivered at the Iowa Lakeside Laboratory -- July 2013)
Spring 2012
Effect of Burn Timing On Insect Assemblages in Recent Prairie Reconstruction
Presented by Anna Abney, M.S. Biology graduate student
Geologic History of the Upper Mississippi River Valley and Bottom Land Restoration Scenarios
Presented by E. Arthur "Art" Bettis, Associate Professor, Department of Geoscience, University of Iowa
Fall 2011
The Effect of Tallgrass Prairie Species Composition On Above Ground Biomass Production
Presented by Molly Schlumbohm