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Tom Mitchell inducted into the hall of fame
By Bill Kleiman Tom Mitchell is famous. We all have fame within various sized communities in which we live. Tom is certainly known in Monroe Wisconsin as he was the captain of his high school basketball team when they won … Continue reading
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Tagged Muralt Prairie, Nachusa Grasslands, Tom Mitchell, volunteer stewardship
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A new illustrated handbook for ecological restoration
A book review by Daniel Suarez A Healthy Nature Handbook. Illustrated insights for Ecological Restoration from Volunteer Stewards of Chicago Wilderness. Edited by Justin Pepper and Don Parker. Available at Island Press https://islandpress.org/books/healthy-nature-handbook and here is a 20% coupon code … Continue reading
Propagating Swamp Betony by Luke Dahlberg
by Luke Dahlberg with Citizens for Conservation This work can be seen at this years GRN workshop. One of my goals that I wanted to achieve this year was to begin trials on the propagation of hemi-parasitic native plant species. … Continue reading
Prairie planting #135 Grist Mill unit
By Bill Kleiman The Nachusa Grasslands seasonal crew were led by Anna Scheidel and Matt Nugent. The Nachusa crew harvested, processed and planted enough seed to plant two units, including this 25 acres at Franklin Creek Natural Area, FCNA, which … Continue reading
Twenty years of tallgrass prairie restoration in northern Illinois, USA
by Elizabeth Bach, Research Scientist at Nachusa Grasslands This blog originally appeared in The Applied Ecologist blog on Dec. 7, 2021. The challenges facing our planet can feel overwhelming and paralyzing. Climate is changing, biodiversity is declining, people are struggling … Continue reading
Combining prairie
by Bill Kleiman If you want a high diversity prairie restoration nothing beats picking by hand. You likely don’t need a combine, but perhaps you would find it interesting to see how ours works. Here is a half minute video … Continue reading
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Tagged prairie combine, prairie seed harvest, prairie seed stripper
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Growing Comandra with Plugs
By Bernie Buchholz, Nachusa Grasslands Steward Comandra umbelata (bastard toad flax) is notoriously difficult to grow from seed, but we’ve had success growing it from plugs. In 2008, we dug five plugs from inconspicuous spots on the edges of a … Continue reading
New seed room
Above is our new stewardship building at Nachusa Grasslands. The left half, with the lower roof height, is the seed room and science prep room. A few years back we ran out of room in our old HQ timber frame … Continue reading
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Tagged Bill Kleiman, Nachusa Grasslands, prairie seed, seed harvest, seed room
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Saving Bell Bowl Prairie
By Bill Kleiman If you are from northern Illinois you have heard about Bell Bowl Prairie, a remnant prairie that sits in the way of the current design for the Rockford Airport expansion. There is a website created for the … Continue reading
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