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  • 1 week ago | wglt.org | Dave Hage |Josephine Marcotty

    The North American prairie rivals the Amazon rainforest in its biological diversity, and it's disappearing even faster. A new book documents the destruction of this natural wonder and introduces some of the people trying to save it. " Sea of Grass: The Conquest, Ruin, and Redemption of Nature on the American Prairie " is out on Tuesday. Authors Dave Hage and Josephine Marcotty met up with Here & Now 's Chris Bentley in Illinois' Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie to talk about it.

  • 1 week ago | lithub.com | Dave Hage |Josephine Marcotty

    The Raccoon River makes a lazy entrance into Des Moines, completing its journey from northwest Iowa in a series of graceful switchbacks through an urban park, its olive surface shaded by locust trees and towering cottonwoods. At the edge of downtown it turns north and, on the southern bank, passes a squat concrete culvert: the main intake for the Des Moines Water Works, which supplies drinking water to the city.

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Josephine Marcotty
Josephine Marcotty @marcotty
3 May 22

RT @AdoptaDrainMN: Would you wash your car in Lake Superior? The Mississippi river? Your local water body? A great question raised by @RTwi…

Josephine Marcotty
Josephine Marcotty @marcotty
29 Apr 22

RT @AdoptaDrainMN: You don’t have to be a superhero to clean your storm drain, but it never hurts!😆 Happy #NationalSuperheroDay to the over…

Josephine Marcotty
Josephine Marcotty @marcotty
27 Apr 22

RT @AdoptaDrainMN: ❗Safety Tip❗Consider wearing bright or reflective clothing when you are clearing your storm drain to make sure you are v…