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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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Lisa Schulte-Moore
by Elizabeth Bach It’s not very often that prestigious national awards recognize the hard work and positive change happening to restore grasslands in North America. Last week was one of those rare moments. Dr. Lisa Schulte-Moore was named a 2021 … Continue reading
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Tagged Lisa Schulte-Moore, MacArthur Award, STRIPS, sustainable agriculture
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Grazing Bison at McHenry County Conservation District- A New Venture
By Adam Rex- Restoration Ecologist, McHenry County Conservation District McHenry County Conservation District has been leasing ground at the 2080 acre Pleasant Valley Conservation Area for cattle grazing for many years. Even before the district owned Pleasant Valley the land … Continue reading
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Tagged Adam Rex, bison grazing, McHenry County Conservation District
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Needle in a Haystack
By Bryon Walters Lespedeza cuneata is a serious invasive plant. It can be very problematic and can form large colony patches if left unattended. There have been many land managers implementing different methods and trying various herbicide products in hopes … Continue reading
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Tagged Bryon Walters, invasive legume, Lespedeza cuneata, Lespedeza herbicide
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Meet Agnes and Dana, citizens creating habitat
By Bill Kleiman These two have a lot of energy. On the left is Dana Sievertson and the right Agnes Wojnarski. This is their back yard in Prospect Heights, a suburb of Chicago. They started growing plugs six years back. … Continue reading
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Tagged Agnes Wojnarski, citizen stewardship, Dana Sieverson, prairie plugs, volunteer stewardship
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Beware what seed you buy
by Bill Kleiman You likely don’t know invasive Lespedeza daurica. I will tell you why in a bit. But it is similar to the invasive Lespedeza cuneata, but more likely found prostrate like the specimen I put in the pot … Continue reading
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Tagged Bill Kleiman, invasive legume, invasive plant, Lespedeza cuneata, Lespedeza daurica, prairie planting
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Another example of savanna from a prairie planting
This ten second video simply shows a panorama of many oaks growing in a prairie planting from what was a corn field. https://youtu.be/zeCK9dqYRZ0 This “savanna” planting, if you will allow the phrase, is another prairie planting but we did not … Continue reading
Weed Wiper
By Mike Saxton, Shaw Nature Reserve, Missouri Botanical Garden Combatting woody encroachment continues to be a challenge for Midwestern land managers. Whether it’s sumac in prairies, honeysuckle in the woodlands, or willows in our wetlands, brushy thickets drive down native … Continue reading
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Tagged brush control, Mike Saxton, weed wick, Weed wiper, weed works
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Planting savanna by planting prairie first
By Bill Kleiman, Nachusa Grasslands, TNC The photo above shows mostly bur oaks growing in a prairie restoration. We planted the bur oaks in 2006, but first we planted prairie in 2001. This makes the start of a savanna. The … Continue reading
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Tagged acorn, Bill Kleiman, Nachusa Grasslands, oak savanna, planting oak, planting savanna, restoring savanna
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