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- Join Us For The Platte River Prairies Field Day: July 12, 2013
- Keeping a Low Profile in the Spring
- Photo of the Week – May 9, 2013
- A Prickly Confrontation
- Photo of the Week – May 2, 2013
- Capturing Post-Wildfire Recovery Through Timelapse Photography
- A Dandy Little Predator
- A Prairie Ecologist’s Perspective on Arbor Day
- Photo of the Week – April 25, 2013
- Tuning Into Fire Frequency
- Photo of the Week – April 18, 2013
- The Annual Grassland Restoration Network Workshop – Coming to A Prairie Near You (If You’re Near Columbia, Missouri)
- A Weekend Walk in the Woods
- Photo of the Week – April 11, 2013
- An Ill Wind…
- Is Poison Hemlock Repelled By Plant Diversity? Early Results Say Yes
- Photo of the Week – April 5, 2013
- Why A Warming Climate Is Making This Spring So Cold (… and Last Spring So Warm)
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Category Archives: Prairie Management
Photo of the Week – May 16, 2013
We spent two days in the southeast corner of Nebraska this week, pulling garlic mustard at our Rulo Bluffs Preserve. It was the second trip in as many weeks, and there was still plenty to do the second time around. … Continue reading
Posted in Prairie Management, Prairie Natural History, Prairie Photography, Prairie Plants
Tagged flower, hickory, may apple, nebraska, oak, rulo, rulo bluffs preserve, wildflower, woodland
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Join Us For The Platte River Prairies Field Day: July 12, 2013
Come spend a day on the Platte River Prairies! Our annual open house/field day, just south of Wood River, Nebraska, will provide opportunities to hike the prairies with a variety of grassland experts. – Learn about prairie reptiles and amphibians … Continue reading
A Prairie Ecologist’s Perspective on Arbor Day
Today is National Arbor Day - a holiday initiated by J. Sterling Morton right here in my home state of Nebraska. The idea of Arbor Day is to encourage the planting of trees. However, as a prairie ecologist, I spend considerable effort trying to … Continue reading
Tuning Into Fire Frequency
HOW OFTEN SHOULD PRAIRIES BE BURNED? It’s a question prairie ecologists and managers have been wrestling with for many years. Unfortunately, research on the impacts of fire management is somewhat limited and often contradictory. Much of the best research has … Continue reading
Posted in Prairie Animals, Prairie Insects, Prairie Management, Prairie Natural History, Prairie Plants
Tagged bowles and jones 2013, burning, controlled burn, eastern tallgrass prairie, fire frequency, frequency, grassland, how often prairie fire, how often should prairies burn, konza prairie, marlin bowles, prairie, prairie management, prescribed fire, repeated burning, research, tallgrass prairie
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The Annual Grassland Restoration Network Workshop – Coming to A Prairie Near You (If You’re Near Columbia, Missouri)
The Grassland Restoration Network is a loose affiliation of those of us 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 stories with other. Workshops are … Continue reading
Posted in Prairie Management, Prairie Natural History, Prairie Restoration/Reconstruction
Tagged 2013, 2013 GRN, columbia, conference, conservation, grassland restoration, grassland restoration network, meeting, missouri, missouri department of conservation, prairie reconstruction, prairie restoration, workshop
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Photo of the Week (And Two Milestones) – March 29, 2013
Continuing with the theme of the week (at least for me) here’s yet another prescribed burn photo. We ended up burning three days in a row this week, making the week both productive and exhausting! However, just getting three consecutive days … Continue reading
Posted in Prairie Management
Tagged blog, controlled burn, grassland, great plains, image, nebraska, photo, photography, platte river, prairie, prescribed fire
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Busy Burning
I apologize for not having a pithy and thought-provoking post this week. I’m actually working on a couple different ideas, but was interrupted by a couple days of good prescribed fire weather. We had a long day yesterday and today looks like it’ll … Continue reading
Prairies Forever? Collaborative Conservation for Pheasants, Pollinators, and People.
Effective prairie conservation requires a collaborative effort among a wide variety of interests, including ecologists, naturalists, birdwatchers, ranchers, educators, hunters, and others. Each of these might approach prairie conservation from a different perspective, but they have more in common than … Continue reading
Posted in General, Prairie Management, Prairie Natural History, Prairie Restoration/Reconstruction
Tagged collaboration, CRP, grassland, hunters, hunting, nebraska, partnership, pete berthelsen, pheasant hunting, pheasants forever, pollinators, prairie, prairie conservation, prairie restoration, the nature conservancy
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Should We Be Conducting Prescribed Fires During Drought?
As we enter a second year of drought in central Nebraska, I’m starting to hear discussions about whether or not it’s a good idea to conduct prescribed fires when conditions are so dry. I have some ideas about this, but am curious … Continue reading
Posted in Prairie Animals, Prairie Insects, Prairie Management, Prairie Natural History, Prairie Plants
Tagged burn in drought year, burning, drought, dry weather, fire, forage production, grassland, management objectives, prairie, prescribed fire, safety, soil moisture, wildlife habitat
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What I Don’t Know About Prairies – A Partial List
I’m a professional prairie ecologist. I write a blog and have published a book on prairie ecology and management, along with lots of magazine articles. Because of that, I’m often called a prairie expert. Being called a prairie expert makes … Continue reading
