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Hold the Date GRN workshop August 22- 23, 2023

Near Windom, Minnesota Our lead host is Jeffrey Zajac, MN DNR A welcome and overview at the Windom Community Center or the Windom DNR office for a couple hours, then to visit the most southwesterly of sites (the furthest is … Continue reading

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Oak woods management: a short list of descriptions of how and why we manage oak woods with fire and thinning.

Assembled by Bill Kleiman If you have suggestions for this list please simply add them in comments or email me. Let the Sun Shine In is a program that is helping inspire the recovery of oak ecosystems  https://www.letthesunshinein.life/oak-forest-system/ Oak Savannas.org … Continue reading

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Seed Hammer Mill

by Mike Saxton, Shaw Nature Reserve, Missouri Botanic Garden Seed collection is a big part of the restoration strategy at Shaw Nature Reserve. Last year we brought in around 750lbs of milled seed from 278 species with a crew of … Continue reading

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Photo monitoring results

By Bill Kleiman On the left is the Hill Site owned and managed by the Middle Rock Conservation Partners. On the right is how the left used to look before a brush mower did a lot of work, followed up … Continue reading

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A family affair: Successful control of invasive honeysuckle with basal bark herbicide

by Bill Kleiman Back in 2014 the Kleiman family decided to test if basal bark herbicide killed invasive bush honeysuckle. Anecdotal comments in articles said it did not work well. I was seeing good control. My daughter Leah was 14 … Continue reading

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Hay rakes for fire breaks – an equipment review with November 2022 updates

By Bill Kleiman At Nachusa Grasslands we have miles of fire breaks that are mowed once a year in the Fall.   We typically use a batwing rotary mower or a flail mower and mow two to four passes with the … Continue reading

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Weed sweeping with a tractor

By Bill Kleiman For years I have been using a small 30 hp tractor to cruise around grassland habitats looking for weed occurrences. The foot crews will be working with backpacks in certain areas and I will be off solo … Continue reading

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Propagation of Wood Betony (Pedicularis canadensis)

By Luke Dahlberg, Citizens for Conservation I have heard from many in the restoration community over a several year period that there has been a “Pedicularis” interest in this plant, and I “wood bet’ony” that any information to continue to … Continue reading

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GRN workshop a success

The workshop was August 16 and 17, 2022 with the Barrington Greenways Initiative, northwest of Chicago. Four sites were visited over two days, a half day for each site. There are four companion GRN blog posts that were published before … Continue reading

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33 years of community led grasslands restoration in NW Cook County, IL

By the Poplar Creek Prairie Stewards This is the fourth of four introductions to our upcoming field trips for our GRN workshop August 16 and 17. Registration for this year’s GRN closes on 7/31, make sure to get your spot … Continue reading

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