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Margy Stewart

Margy Stewart

Margy Stewart and her husband, Ron Young, are the caretakers of Bird Runner Wildlife Refuge, a native prairie preserve in the Flint Hills of eastern Geary County, Kansas. They are working to conserve upland prairie and restore former crop fields to bottomland tallgrass prairie. They serve on the board of Prairie Heritage, Inc., a nonprofit that is establishing a Geary County African American History Trail. Together with Prairie Heritage, Inc., they partner with Junction City Juneteenth to make nature experiences available to people of all ages. The website is prairieheritage.org.

OPINION

Incomplete climate science has pushed us toward the wrong solutions
By: - December 2, 2021

The Kansas Reflector welcomes opinion pieces from writers who share our goal of widening the conversation about how public policies affect the day-to-day lives of people throughout our state. Margy Stewart and husband Ron Young are the proprietors of a native-prairie preserve on McDowell Creek and are restoring 70 acres of former crop ground to […]

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When wind developments conflict with wildlife and protected areas
By: - September 27, 2021

The Kansas Reflector welcomes opinion pieces from writers who share our goal of widening the conversation about how public policies affect the day-to-day lives of people throughout our state. Margy Stewart and husband Ron Young are the proprietors of a native-prairie preserve on McDowell Creek and are restoring 70 acres of former crop ground to […]

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How every Kansan can help build a DIY national park
By: - April 25, 2021

The Kansas Reflector welcomes opinion pieces from writers who share our goal of widening the conversation about how public policies affect the day-to-day lives of people throughout our state. Margy Stewart and husband Ron Young are the proprietors of a native-prairie preserve on McDowell Creek and are restoring 70 acres of former crop ground to […]

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How ‘whiteness won the war’ in Kansas
By: - January 31, 2021

The Kansas Reflector welcomes opinion pieces from writers who share our goal of widening the conversation about how public policies affect the day-to-day lives of people throughout our state. Margy Stewart is a board member of Prairie Heritage Inc., a nonprofit dedicated to preserving the prairie and sharing its stories.   All too often we define […]

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