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About Grassland Restoration Network blog

Bill Kleiman, Julianne Mason, and Mike Saxton publish this blog. Bill's daytime job is director of Nachusa Grasslands with The Nature Conservancy. Julianne works for the Forest Preserve District of Will County. Mike Saxton works for the Missouri Botanical Garden at their Shaw Nature Reserve. We are looking for guest authors on various topics of grassland habitat restoration. Contact us with your ideas.

Bridges between habitat and species conservation in the Great Plains

Posted on November 27, 2025 by Grassland Restoration Network blog

Katharine Hogan, PhD, Director of Conservation Lauritzen Gardens, Nebraska In 2016 I came to Nebraska for what I thought was going to be a one year sojourn in TNC Nebraska’s Hubbard Fellowship program. Now it’s 2025, and I’m still here, … Continue reading →

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Control of Lespedeza cuneata

Posted on October 23, 2025 by Grassland Restoration Network blog

By Jeff Horn, IL DNR district heritage biologist for Ogle, Winnebago, DeKalb, Kane, and DuPage counties based out of Castle Rock State Park Lespedeza cuneata (commonly referred to as Sericea or Chinese bush clover) is a perennial wildflower introduced into … Continue reading →

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Managing against autumn olive

Posted on October 16, 2025 by Grassland Restoration Network blog

By Bill Kleiman To get control of a dense invasive olive on 28-acres we brush mowed, seeded heavily, started a frequent fire program, and continue to make visits to apply basal bark herbicide to individual shrubs. We have been mostly … Continue reading →

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Wicking cattails

Posted on October 9, 2025 by Grassland Restoration Network blog

Reported by Bill Kleiman Agnes Wojnarski using a herbicide wicking wand on cattails. She used Aquaneat (glyphosate) with surfactant and blue dye. Label states up to 33% glyphosate for wick/wiper applications. A coverage of about half the plant gives good … Continue reading →

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2025 GRN workshop success in Lawrence Kansas

Posted on September 18, 2025 by Grassland Restoration Network blog

by Bill Kleiman About 75 attended our 20th GRN workshop from a diversity of groups and geographies. Sara Baer had opening remarks where she thanked us practitioners for doing and sharing lessons learned. Then Helen Alexander gave a talk on … Continue reading →

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How much abundance of seed should we plant to establish a good prairie in a corn field?

Posted on September 11, 2025 by Grassland Restoration Network blog

By Bill Kleiman A basic question in prairie plantings is what is the weight of seed to plant per acre?  You would think that the community of prairie restoration ecologists would have answered this question in a controlled study a … Continue reading →

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Collecting 1.4 tons of seed

Posted on September 4, 2025 by Grassland Restoration Network blog

by Leah Kleiman, Land Restoration Specialist, Dane County Parks, Wisconsin Dane County Parks Natural Areas Team – Dane County Parks is responsible for managing 15,000 acres of land. The role of the Natural Areas team is to restore most of … Continue reading →

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Using Grazing to Combat Invasive Species

Posted on August 14, 2025 by Grassland Restoration Network blog

By David Crites, Niobrara Valley Preserve Program Manager, The Nature Conservancy Grazing is an important tool in managing grasslands and can be used to effectively limit dominant grasses from eliminating many forbs from a healthy prairie. While managing grazing on … Continue reading →

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Queen Anne’s Lace, exotic but not invasive

Posted on August 7, 2025 by Grassland Restoration Network blog

By Bill Kleiman Daucus carota, Queen Anne’s Lace. Wilhelm and Rericha in Flora of the Chicago Region point out to us that Daucus means carrot. And of course carota means carrot. So a carrot’s carrot. If you dig up the … Continue reading →

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GRN 2025 Workshop Schedule

Posted on July 28, 2025 by Grassland Restoration Network blog

September 10-11, 2025 in Lawrence Kansas Registration is full as of early August. Sorry. Overview: Small remnant prairies in eastern Kansas host exceptional levels of plant diversity, and the combination of conservation and working lands create heterogeneity on the landscape, … Continue reading →

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