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Seed Hammer Mill
By Bill Kleiman, Nachusa Grasslands TNC This is a hammer mill used to break apart seed heads of all sorts of native seeds. The mill is the red thing which has spinning hammers inside. It has a galvanized chute and … Continue reading
UTV tanks for prescribed fire
By Bill Kleiman, Nachusa Grasslands, TNC I hope you all don’t mind another fire equipment post. UTV skid unit tanks: The best part of a Utility Vehicle is its mobility on prescribed fires. In my humble opinion 50 gallons of … Continue reading
Fire, Rubus and Geranium
By Bill Kleiman In a closed canopy oak woods we have been doing annual fire for a long time. The Rubus allegheniensis, common blackberry is slowly fading in stature and density, while the wild geranium, G maculatum, has become abundant. … Continue reading
Wild Parsnip. Is it invasive or just a weed?
By Bill Kleiman, The Nature Conservancy at Nachusa Grasslands Pastinaca sativa, wild parsnip lives two years, with flower and seed set on year two. Every June you will find us mowing it somewhere on the preserve, as this is when … Continue reading
Prescribed fire pumper units
by Bill Kleiman, The Nature Conservancy, Nachusa Grasslands At Nachusa Grasslands we use several vehicle mounted water sprayers on our fires. We call them “pumper units”. Photo above is a crew about to start their test ignition. You don’t see … Continue reading
The Way of the Warrior Sedges
By Kevin Scheiwiller of Citizens for Conservation As many practitioners know, wetlands can be one of the most frustrating and resource demanding areas to restore. Countless wetland plantings have shown a large flush in native diversity in the first few … Continue reading
Planting prairie #97 with the full monty
By Bill Kleiman, The Nature Conservancy The photo above is from this season of a 2010 planting, our 97th at Nachusa Grasslands. There is a lot of gayfeather and white indigo. Harder to see are the thimbleweed, coreopsis, lupine, various … Continue reading
