The movie is showing in some theaters, but Xerces supporters can get $5 off the streaming rental. Go to The Dark Divide website, select "Virtual Cinema" and then click on the Xerces Society logo. When you get to the checkout, enter XSDD5 for your discount.  Rent the movie

Usually considered competitors with livestock for forage, grasshoppers can actually be beneficial to rangelands by affecting plant composition, and even influence the soil microbial communities. They also play a critical role in the grassland food web. Despite the inability to tie grasshopper densities to the potential for damage, planes and ground crews are deployed every summer to spray against grasshoppers.  Read more

Native thistles are beautiful, important wildflowers and yet, are frequently mistaken for their relatives, introduced nonnative species of thistles which have become problematic noxious weeds. In late 2018, we had an opportunity to give native thistles a boost in Iowa by urging changes to state noxious weeds code. Six months later we heard that the weed laws had been rewritten.  Read more