nature | Heartland

Heartland Conservation Alliance launches new outdoor adventure program with Exploring Roots

By Jill Erickson Exploring Roots has been serving the Kansas City area since 2016, and beginning today, Exploring Roots will join urban...

Save the HOP with opportunities from BikeWalkKC.

On Thursday, April 1 we launched "30 Days of Biking KC!" The fundraiser is part friendly competition, part effort to save the Heartland...

Education & Outreach Program Update

HCA Executive Director Jill Erickson was featured on KKFI's EcoRadio on Monday, Feb. 1. Jill shared updates on our work and answered...

Winter birds come to Kansas City and find a home in our backyards

By Sarah Benal The Great Backyard Bird Count is February 12-15. Led by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology and National Audubon Society, the...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...