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GRN workshop September 13 & 14, 2016

Preliminary Agenda Grassland Restoration Network- 2016 Workshop September 13-14, 2016 – Aurora/Wood River, Nebraska Co-Hosted by The Nature Conservancy’s Platte River Prairies and Prairie Plains Resource Institute September 13 9am-11:30am – Optional walking tours of prairie restorations in Aurora, Nebraska … Continue reading

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foliar spray of shrubs leads to off target kill

Photos above show a honeysuckle shrub I carefully sprayed while doing some other weed work. The second photo is about 20 days later. The shrub died but I show this photo to demonstrate the area of the off target damage. … Continue reading

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Nachusa Grasslands annual fire report

Our annual Nachusa Grasslands fire report where we have lots of photos, maps and lessons learned is available at: Click to access 2015-2016_nachusa_fire_crew_annual_summary_report_b_kleiman.pdf

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Illinois Fire Needs Assessment

This is the first systematic report in Illinois documenting the number of acres being burned annually and identifying how many acres need to burn annually to maintain and restore ecosystem health. This review is a call to action for land … Continue reading

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Save the Date – Grassland Restoration Network in Nebraska September 13-14, 2016

The Grassland Restoration Network is a loose affiliation of people trying to use prairie restoration (reconstruction) as a way to rebuild, conserve and sustain grassland ecosystems. Each year, we put on a workshop to share ideas, techniques, research results, and … Continue reading

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North American Prairie Conference

July 17 -20, 2016 to be held at Illinois State University, in Normal Illinois. http://nap2016.illinoisstate.edu/

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2015 Grassland Restoration Network workshop success

We just finished the 2015 GRN Workshop, which was educational and fun. The planning team and hosts were all TNC this time. Thanks go out to Matt Mecklenburg, Sonia Winter, Brian Winter with support from Travis Issendorf, Tyler Larson, and … Continue reading

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July 21-23 GRN Workshop update for attendees

The 2015 Grassland Restoration Network Workshop to be held in Northwestern MN at Bluestem Prairie SNA and Glacial Ridge National Wildlife Refuge is only days away! There are still slots open for registration so if you’d like to attend and … Continue reading

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Grassland Restoration Network Workshop July 21‐23, 2015

Moorhead State University Regional Science Center and Bluestem Prairie, Hawley, MN Day 1: Tuesday, July 21 Lunch on your own 12:00 PM Arrive at MSUM Science Center; Welcome/Introductions- Matt Mecklenburg, Land Steward-TNC, Overview of GRNW- Chris Helzer-GRN/TNC 12:15 PM Bluestem … Continue reading

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Save the Date! Grassland Restoration Network Workshop July 21-23, 2015

Join us near Hawley, MN for presentations and discussion on restorations at scale and use of high diversity local ecotype seed. Field trips will include tours through several stages of grassland reconstruction at Bluestem Prairie and Glacial Ridge National Wildlife … Continue reading

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