Tag Archives: Bill Kleiman
When to manage against an invasive plant
Because one project is spraying invasive birdsfoot trefoil does that mean I should too? How to approach this question for birdsfoot trefoil, or any invasive plant. First gather information about an assumed invasive plant. Look up websites, talk to managers … Continue reading
Using cool image software to summarize a restoration project
We get so busy doing conservation that we often don’t report out on the work we accomplish. Or we create a dry report and wonder if anyone reads it. I was recently involved with a brush mowing project where we … Continue reading
Tender Truck for Rx Fire
By Bill Kleiman, Nachusa Grasslands, The Nature Conservancy If you manage grasslands you likely also do prescribed fire. I have been posting fire and fire equipment articles with the GRN because I also provide content for the Illinois Prescribed Fire … Continue reading
Brush mowing
By Bill Kleiman The Middle Rock Conservation Partners have had a long winter and early spring of brush mowing. MRCP purchased this large brush mower in early winter and have been working to keep the machine going. Above is the … Continue reading
Hay rakes for fire breaks – an equipment review
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 mower and mow two to four passes with the mower and make them wide … Continue reading
Scaling up to mow brush
By Bill Kleiman Most natural areas have brush work to do. Repeated use of prescribed fire keeps brush in check, but often a tract is purchased which has not had fire in a long time and the build up of … Continue reading
Demolition before restoration
By Bill Kleiman, Nachusa Grasslands, TNC Sometimes, before restoring habitat we first have to remove old buildings and infrastructure. This Fall we closed on a tract of land with a house, two mobile homes, and three huge pole barns, a … Continue reading
Seed drier
by Bill Kleiman, Nachusa Grassland Project Director At Nachusa we hand harvest with scissors and buckets several thousand pounds of seed from a few hundred species of plants. When we bring in our seed it typically needs some time to … Continue reading
The Devil King by Bill Kleiman
King devil, Hieracium pratense, or H. caespitosum is sometimes called field hawkweed. it is in the composite family. It is a weed and considered invasive by many managers, including yours truly. Do not confuse this plant with native H. longipilum which blooms a few weeks after … Continue reading
