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EconomyA local bee keeper has started working with an apprentice, thanks to a new state program. Last summer, an employee of Iowa WORKS in Davenport approached…
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EnvironmentThe first Monarch blitz is over, and 300 people in the US participated by counting eggs, caterpillars, chrysalides, and butterflies. The citizen…
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EnvironmentTPC Deere Run is known for more than hosting the John Deere Classic every summer. It's also known as an outdoor classroom, a training ground for…
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EnvironmentThe decline in populations of bees, monarch butterflies, and other pollinators continues as the second annual pollinator conference is held in the Quad…
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A new environmental initiative launched Wednesday with the planting of prairie plants in front of the Ground Transportation Center on 2nd Street in…
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A Senate Democrat is proposing a special Illinois license plate to help preserve the monarch butterfly.The plan by state Senator Melinda Bush of Grayslake…
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GovernmentA White House “national strategy” to reverse America’s declining honeybee and monarch butterfly populations is being praised by a University of Illinois...