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Tag Archives: grassland restoration
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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Platte River Prairies Field Day – July 13, 2012
PLEASE JOIN US for a Platte River Prairies Field Day on July 13, 2012. The day will include a range of activities, aimed to introduce relative newcomers to what prairies are all about and to allow more experienced prairie biologists/naturalists a chance … Continue reading
Posted in General, Prairie Insects, Prairie Management, Prairie Natural History, Prairie Plants, Prairie Restoration/Reconstruction
Tagged ants, bees, demonstration, field day, grassland restoration, open house, plant identification, platte river prairies, prairie management, reconstruction, spiders
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Lessons from the Grassland Restoration Network
I’ve been involved with high-diversity prairie restoration (reconstruction) since I joined The Nature Conservancy in 1997, learning the basics from Bill Whitney at Prairie Plains Resource Institute. We’ve now planted over 1,500 acres of Platte River cropfields to prairie vegetation, … Continue reading
