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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.

Nachusa Grasslands annual fire report

Posted on April 25, 2016 by Grassland Restoration Network blog

Our annual Nachusa Grasslands fire report where we have lots of photos, maps and lessons learned is available at: Click to access 2015-2016_nachusa_fire_crew_annual_summary_report_b_kleiman.pdf

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Illinois Fire Needs Assessment

Posted on April 4, 2016 by Grassland Restoration Network blog

This is the first systematic report in Illinois documenting the number of acres being burned annually and identifying how many acres need to burn annually to maintain and restore ecosystem health. This review is a call to action for land … Continue reading →

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Save the Date – Grassland Restoration Network in Nebraska September 13-14, 2016

Posted on February 15, 2016 by Grassland Restoration Network blog

The Grassland Restoration Network is a loose affiliation of people trying to use prairie restoration (reconstruction) as a way to rebuild, conserve and sustain grassland ecosystems. Each year, we put on a workshop to share ideas, techniques, research results, and … Continue reading →

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North American Prairie Conference

Posted on January 12, 2016 by Grassland Restoration Network blog

July 17 -20, 2016 to be held at Illinois State University, in Normal Illinois. http://nap2016.illinoisstate.edu/

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2015 Grassland Restoration Network workshop success

Posted on July 27, 2015 by Grassland Restoration Network blog

We just finished the 2015 GRN Workshop, which was educational and fun. The planning team and hosts were all TNC this time. Thanks go out to Matt Mecklenburg, Sonia Winter, Brian Winter with support from Travis Issendorf, Tyler Larson, and … Continue reading →

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July 21-23 GRN Workshop update for attendees

Posted on July 9, 2015 by Grassland Restoration Network blog

The 2015 Grassland Restoration Network Workshop to be held in Northwestern MN at Bluestem Prairie SNA and Glacial Ridge National Wildlife Refuge is only days away! There are still slots open for registration so if you’d like to attend and … Continue reading →

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Grassland Restoration Network Workshop July 21‐23, 2015

Posted on June 5, 2015 by Grassland Restoration Network blog

Moorhead State University Regional Science Center and Bluestem Prairie, Hawley, MN Day 1: Tuesday, July 21 Lunch on your own 12:00 PM Arrive at MSUM Science Center; Welcome/Introductions- Matt Mecklenburg, Land Steward-TNC, Overview of GRNW- Chris Helzer-GRN/TNC 12:15 PM Bluestem … Continue reading →

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Save the Date! Grassland Restoration Network Workshop July 21-23, 2015

Posted on February 13, 2015 by Grassland Restoration Network blog

Join us near Hawley, MN for presentations and discussion on restorations at scale and use of high diversity local ecotype seed. Field trips will include tours through several stages of grassland reconstruction at Bluestem Prairie and Glacial Ridge National Wildlife … Continue reading →

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Successful GRN workshop held at Nachusa Grasslands

Posted on September 12, 2014 by Grassland Restoration Network blog

Nachusa Grasslands hosted the annual workshop of the Grassland Restoration Network from September 9, 10 and 11, 2014. We had 90 people register and about 110 with Nachusa stewards and crew on hand to run things. Participants came mostly from … Continue reading →

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GRASSLAND RESTORATION NETWORK WORKSHOP

Posted on June 2, 2014 by Grassland Restoration Network blog

GRASSLAND RESTORATION NETWORK WORKSHOP September 9-11, 2014 at Nachusa Grasslands, Illinois The target audience for the GRN workshop are people actively doing/directing high diversity prairie restoration at a significant scale; or doing the science. The workshop has a lot of … Continue reading →

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