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Why A Warming Climate Is Making This Spring So Cold (… and Last Spring So Warm)
Melting sea ice might not seem important to those of us living in the middle of a continent. It is. Weather and climate have always been complicated and difficult to understand, so it’s no wonder that climate change is a … Continue reading
Ahead of the Game
Do you suppose we’ll run out of wildflowers before the summer’s over? I’m only half kidding. With the extraordinarily warm winter and spring we’ve had, it seems like everything is way ahead of schedule this year, and I really do wonder what … Continue reading
Ecological Resilience in Prairies: Part 2
This is Part 2 of a two part series on ecological resilience in prairies. In Part 1, I interviewed Dr. Craig Allen about the basic definition of ecological resilience and then wrote about the relevance and application or resilience to prairie … Continue reading
Posted in General, Prairie Management, Prairie Natural History, Prairie Restoration/Reconstruction
Tagged adaptive capacity, ball in the bowl, climate change, craig allen, ecological resilience, floristic quality, global warming, grassland, multiple stable states, patch-burn grazing, prairie, prairie management, prairie reconstruction, prairie restoration, prescribed fire, species diversity
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Why Prescribed Fires in Grasslands Don’t Contribute to Global Warming
There are plenty of things to worry about when conducting a prescribed fire. Is the wind going to change? Is the smoke going where it’s supposed to? Will the fire leave sufficient unburned refuges for insects and other animals? Fortunately, one thing we … Continue reading
