GRASSLAND RESTORATION NETWORK WORKSHOP 2017

Konza Prairie Biological Station and Long Term Ecological Research Site

Manhattan, Kansas

July 11^th

12:00 pm            The Grassland Restoration Network (Chris Helzer)

Konza Prairie Welcome Presentation (John Blair)

1:00 pm               Headquarters Area Tour (John Blair, Lydia Zeglin, and Sara Baer)

Hulbert plots

Belowground Plots

Rainfall Manipulation Plots

Irrigation Transects

3:00 pm               Refreshments and Discussion (led by Chris Helzer)

5:00-7:00 pm     Break or Konza Nature Trail (Jill Haukos and docent)

7:00 pm               Catered Dinner

8:00 pm               Keynote: Long-term effects of fire and grazing on tallgrass prairie (Jesse Nippert)

July 12^th

8:00                      Meet at Konza Conference Center

Konza Watershed Tour

Est. 8:15-8:45                   Riparian woody vegetation removal (Walter Dodds)

Est. 9:00-9:30                   Patch-burn grazing (John Briggs and KC Olson)

Est. 9:45-10:15                 Watershed plot-studies (John Blair/Lydia Zeglin)

Est. 10:30-11:00                Shrub dynamics (Jesse Nippert)

11:30 pm            Catered Lunch

1:00 pm               Overview of Restoration Research (Sara Baer)

Est. 1:45-2:15                   Tour restoration experiments

2:30 pm               Refreshments and Departing Discussion (led by Bill Kleiman)

4:00 pm               End