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Flowering red yucca waves at drivers navigating traffic on Dallas’ Central Expressway
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Flowering red yucca waves at drivers navigating traffic on Dallas’ Central Expressway

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Flowering red yucca waves at drivers navigating traffic on Dallas’ Central Expressway

Monika Maeckle2025-06-10T09:06:52-05:00June 10th, 2025|

Plants with Purpose: Wild onions bolt their bulblets in early spring heat
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Plants with Purpose: Wild onions bolt their bulblets in early spring heat

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Plants with Purpose: Wild onions bolt their bulblets in early spring heat

Monika Maeckle2025-05-26T08:04:23-05:00May 26th, 2025|

Plants with Purpose: multitasking plants that do more than look beautiful
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Plants with Purpose: multitasking plants that do more than look beautiful

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Plants with Purpose: multitasking plants that do more than look beautiful

Monika Maeckle2025-05-05T12:08:17-05:00May 6th, 2025|

Agarita crop goes from “gangbuster” to busted this year
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Agarita crop goes from “gangbuster” to busted this year

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Agarita crop goes from “gangbuster” to busted this year

Monika Maeckle2025-04-25T14:38:30-05:00April 25th, 2025|

Legacy lawn at historic home in San Antonio transformed to wildflower meadow
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Legacy lawn at historic home in San Antonio transformed to wildflower meadow

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Legacy lawn at historic home in San Antonio transformed to wildflower meadow

Monika Maeckle2025-04-08T09:58:40-05:00April 8th, 2025|

Migrating monarch butterflies seized at Texas border as part of Trump’s deportation policy
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Migrating monarch butterflies seized at Texas border as part of Trump’s deportation policy

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Migrating monarch butterflies seized at Texas border as part of Trump’s deportation policy

Marie Posa2025-03-31T20:29:27-05:00April 1st, 2025|

San Antonio’s H-E-B grocery chain partners with Native Plant Society of Texas
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San Antonio’s H-E-B grocery chain partners with Native Plant Society of Texas

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San Antonio’s H-E-B grocery chain partners with Native Plant Society of Texas

Monika Maeckle2025-03-21T09:24:01-05:00March 21st, 2025|

Drought, wind and wildfires await monarch butterfly spring migration in Texas
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Drought, wind and wildfires await monarch butterfly spring migration in Texas

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Drought, wind and wildfires await monarch butterfly spring migration in Texas

Monika Maeckle2025-03-16T23:18:58-05:00March 17th, 2025|

Monarch butterfly numbers in Mexico vault 99% over last year’s near historic low, California population teetering
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Monarch butterfly numbers in Mexico vault 99% over last year’s near historic low, California population teetering

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Monarch butterfly numbers in Mexico vault 99% over last year’s near historic low, California population teetering

Monika Maeckle2025-03-07T08:00:50-06:00March 7th, 2025|

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