Author Archives: Mike Saxton

Shaw Nature Reserve – 2026 GRN Workshop – Job Opening

Posted on September 25, 2025 by Mike Saxton

Mike Saxton – Shaw Nature Reserve – Gray Summit, MO – Divison of the Missouri Botanical Garden As we come off a successful and engaging 2025 Workshop with the Kansas Biological Survey, KU Field Station, Johnson County Park and Recreation … Continue reading →

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Stump Grinder – Review

Posted on July 10, 2025 by Mike Saxton

Mike Saxton – Manager of Ecological Restoration and Land Stewardship – Shaw Nature Reserve – Gray Summit, MO Stump grinders are one of those tools that you don’t use often and when you do use one…you sometimes have to re-learn … Continue reading →

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Overseeding and Disturbance in a Tallgrass Prairie

Posted on July 3, 2025 by Mike Saxton

By: Bill Kleiman – Director Nachusa Grasslands, Elizabeth Bach – Research Scientist Nachusa Grasslands, Elizabeth Becker – Doctoral Student SDSU / UC Davis Joint Doctoral Program in Ecology Restoring any ecosystem is extremely difficult and getting it right on the … Continue reading →

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Hack & Squirt – Connecting a Gradient of Glade, Savanna and Open Woodland

Posted on March 27, 2025 by Mike Saxton

Mike Saxton – Manager of Ecological Restoration and Land Stewardship – Shaw Nature Reserve – Gray Summit, MO Over the course of ecological time, large portions of the Midwest have been a shifting mosaic of prairie, savanna and open woodlands. … Continue reading →

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Sowing Seed – Lessons Learned

Posted on January 16, 2025 by Mike Saxton

Mike Saxton – Shaw Nature Reserve – Gray Summit, MO Last week we sowed around 1,200 pounds of seed from 302 species over 46 acres of ground at Shaw Nature Reserve. Most of that seed went into a 42 acre … Continue reading →

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PTO Blower – Clearing Firebreaks

Posted on October 24, 2024 by Mike Saxton

By Mike Saxton – Manager of Ecological Restoration and Land Stewardship at Shaw Nature Reserve There are certain tools/pieces of equipment that once you have them, you wonder 1) why didn’t I buy this sooner? 2) how did we ever … Continue reading →

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