The following editorial appeared in The Free Press, of Mankato, Minnesota, a CNHI newspaper. It does not necessarily reflect the opinion of The Tribune-Democrat.

And it happens when loggers clear cut the trees out of a swamp, and saplings fail to regenerate. Small ponds in Minnesota prairies ... sits on a prairie flower in a wetland.

The official state butterfly since 2000, monarch butterflies are facing a major ecological threat, according to experts. Local, Western populations of monarchs have declined by around 30% compared to ...

Tim Walz of Minnesota, started a bus tour in Georgia ... that also showed the two headstones from behind as Mr. Trump laid flowers. Gov. Spencer Cox of Utah, who published one photo of himself ...

A mixed hardwood swamp occupied the present-day New Center and Wayne State ... “Depending on the species of plants you’re ...

Over time the former asphalt access roads are now well pitted and cracked with emerging plants. The same with the railway over ... 135 miles west of Lake Superior's Port Arthur and 30 miles north of ...

It was steamboats on the Mississippi river that spread the blues, and jazz, to towns from Minnesota to Louisiana ... Wastewater treatment plants, fertilizer and pesticide run-off from golf ...

Every winter, when sunlight hits at the right angle, visitors to Virginia's First Landing State Park are treated to a mesmerizing rainbow light show courtesy of the park's bald cypress swamp.

When trees and plants suffer from blights or pests, or are stressed by droughts, floods or other phenomena, they sometimes ...

As lakeside property owners get ready to put their boats, trailers, docks, lifts, and all other water-related equipment into ...

Did you know the Minnesota State Fair has an "unofficial flower"? Canna lilies line Snelling Avenue outside the main entrance. They're all over the fairgrounds and have been since the start.

Domestic flower farms are on the rise in Southeast Minnesota and the United States. In 2017, there were 22 total floriculture farms across Olmsted, Goodhue and Wabasha counties. As of 2022 ...