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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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Testing shows confounding results. A late spring application of clethodim on mature Reed Canary Grass did not work, but then a second round of clethodim did work.

Posted on July 24, 2025 by Grassland Restoration Network blog

By Bill Kleiman This is an update on an earlier post. It is good to do simple monitoring or testing to see if a weed treatment you are using works. I will describe the simple way I tested a herbicide … 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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When to mow sweet clover to control it

Posted on June 19, 2025 by Grassland Restoration Network blog

By Bill Kleiman Yellow and white sweet clover (Melilotus officinalis and M alba) are on the invasive weed list of many natural areas managers. The plants are biennial, so on year two they bolt, bloom, and produce a lot of … Continue reading →

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