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    BikeWalkKC has some advice for 30 Days of Biking KC!
    • Apr 26, 2021
    • 1 min

    BikeWalkKC has some advice for 30 Days of Biking KC!

    On Monday, April 12 Heartland Conservation Alliance met up with Laura Steele from BikeWalkKC to learn about the bikes available to rent...
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    Biking brings adventure and sparks curiosity about nature
    • Apr 12, 2021
    • 1 min

    Biking brings adventure and sparks curiosity about nature

    In 2019 Heartland Conservation Alliance board member Sarah Hemme had a question for curiousKC. She wanted to know "which organizations,...
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    Spring is here! Time to get outside!
    • Mar 29, 2021
    • 2 min

    Spring is here! Time to get outside!

    By Jill Erickson Join Heartland Conservation Alliance this April for 30 Days of Biking KC from April 1-30. There are five ways to...
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    Inspired: Act Today to Protect Nature
    • Dec 28, 2020
    • 1 min

    Inspired: Act Today to Protect Nature

    By Jill Erickson Despite the challenges we have faced and continue to tackle this year, we are feeling inspired by the outpouring of...
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    Does Our Relationship with Nature Make a Difference?
    • Dec 21, 2020
    • 1 min

    Does Our Relationship with Nature Make a Difference?

    By Jill Erickson At our 7th Annual Partnership Summit this year, we asked Alliance members on our community panel if a relationship with...
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    Roll out the Red Carpet! Documentary Wins Regional Emmy
    • Dec 14, 2020
    • 2 min

    Roll out the Red Carpet! Documentary Wins Regional Emmy

    By Jill Erickson The story of the Blue River is our story, too. In a recent documentary, filmmaker Michael Price, English Landing Films...
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    HCA's Holiday Gift List
    • Dec 7, 2020
    • 3 min

    HCA's Holiday Gift List

    By Sarah Benal For the person who used all their high school cross country t-shirts to make a quilt during quarantine. This person tried...
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    The HOP - A Journey of Discovery
    • Nov 30, 2020
    • 2 min

    The HOP - A Journey of Discovery

    By Jill Erickson Last fall, Heartland Conservation Alliance saved 40 acres of oak-hickory forest at a public auction. It was the start of...
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    Just how a river stole my heart
    • Nov 23, 2020
    • 3 min

    Just how a river stole my heart

    By Jill Erickson I didn't find the Blue River; she found me. I was like you - I had lived in this city a long time and never knew how...
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    Nature keeps us healthy and whole - Nature is essential
    • Nov 10, 2020
    • 2 min

    Nature keeps us healthy and whole - Nature is essential

    By Matt Davis, Board President This year, we were reminded that humans need nature for health, for safety and for life. Nature is...
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    Dreams are just the beginning
    • Nov 9, 2020
    • 2 min

    Dreams are just the beginning

    By Jill Erickson This past Saturday, I joined a dozen or so others in a monthly virtual event hosted by MY REGION WINS! to listen, learn...
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    Self Care, Nature and Hope
    • Nov 4, 2020
    • 2 min

    Self Care, Nature and Hope

    By Jill Erickson It is early; the sun isn't up yet. But my daughter and I are waking up and making coffee. She is home from college for...
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    Deal Me In - Trek Sponsors Successful Event to Save the HOP
    • Oct 26, 2020
    • 2 min

    Deal Me In - Trek Sponsors Successful Event to Save the HOP

    by Jill Erickson This weekend more than 25 hardy runners and cyclists took on the challenge to find the winning poker hand in the...
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    Honoring and connecting with nature
    • Oct 20, 2020
    • 3 min

    Honoring and connecting with nature

    by Jill Erickson, Executive Director On Sunday, Oct. 18, 2020 we held our 7th Annual Partnership Summit. As in year's past, this annual...
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