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Tag Archives: prairie conservation
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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How Should We Manage Small Prairies?
Prairie management can be complicated, regardless of how big a prairie is. Managing small prairies, however, is especially challenging, and it can be difficult to know how to set appropriate objectives – let alone how to achieve them. Living in … Continue reading
Posted in General, Prairie Insects, Prairie Management, Prairie Natural History, Prairie Photography, Prairie Plants, Prairie Restoration/Reconstruction
Tagged bison, grassland, habitat fragmentation, how to manage small prairies, patch size, prairie chicken, prairie chickens, prairie conservation, prairie isolation, prairie management, rare butterflies, rare insect, remnant dependent insects, small prairie, stewardship, tiny prairie
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Why Are We Spending So Much Time Studying Birds?
Believe it or not, I really do like birds. (And thus starts another blog post destined to draw the ire of my ornithologist friends…) But here’s the thing. I just read yet another study of grassland birds in which the … Continue reading
Posted in General, Prairie Insects, Prairie Management, Prairie Natural History, Prairie Photography, Prairie Plants
Tagged breeding birds, grassland, grassland birds, ground beetle, ground squirrels, habitat needs, habitat requirements, indicators, landscape scale, prairie conservation, smooth green snake, spiders, too much bird research
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Why I Care About Prairies and You Should Too
Lately, I’ve been trying to figure out why I think prairie conservation is so important. I’m not questioning my conviction – I feel very strongly that prairies are worth my time and effort to conserve – but if I can … Continue reading
Posted in General, Prairie Insects, Prairie Management, Prairie Natural History, Prairie Photography, Prairie Plants
Tagged birds, diversity, Dr. Seuss, flowers, grassland, grassland conservation, horton hears a who, importance, insects, more than just grass, pitcher sage, prairie, prairie conservation, species, who cares about prairie, why grassland is important, why prairie is important
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Are Botanists Ruining Prairies?
No, I’m not saying they do. I’m merely conducting a thought exercise, and inviting you to come along for the ride. …No, really – some of my best friends are botanists! And I’m pretty sure they have a good … Continue reading
Posted in General, Prairie Insects, Prairie Management, Prairie Natural History, Prairie Photography, Prairie Plants, Prairie Restoration/Reconstruction
Tagged botanists, conservation success, conservative plants, floristic quality, grassland, grazing, prairie conservation, prairie management, prairie restoration, summer fire
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The Problem with “Calendar Prairies”
I think I first heard the term “calendar prairie” from my friend Bill Whitney of Prairie Plains Resource Institute. He was talking about the mental image many people have of prairies that comes from seeing photographs of grasslands full of … Continue reading
Measuring Success in Prairie Conservation – Species Composition vs. Structure and Process
Stick with me – this isn’t as complicated as the title might lead you to believe… I was involved in an interesting discussion a couple weeks ago among some fellow prairie ecologists about what makes a “good prairie”. The discussion … Continue reading
