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Tag Archives: prairie 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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Is Poison Hemlock Repelled By Plant Diversity? Early Results Say Yes
How important is plant diversity? Most ecologists think it’s a critical component of resilient ecosystems. Last week I collected some data that lends support to that view. In some experimental prairie plantings we’ve established in our Platte River Prairies, plant diversity appears to be suppressing the invasion … Continue reading
Posted in Prairie Natural History, Prairie Plants, Prairie Restoration/Reconstruction
Tagged conium maculatum, data, diverse seed mixture, grassland, nebraska, plant diversity, platte river prairie, poison hemlock, prairie, prairie planting, prairie reconstruction, prairie restoration, prairie seeding, research, seed mixture, species richness, value of plant diversity
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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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Lessons From a Project to Improve Prairie Quality – Part 2: Overseeding and Seedling Plugs
Last week, I posted a summary of some findings from a long project to enhance prairie habitat. I focused that post on the lessons we learned from the fire/grazing management portion of the project, including impacts on regal fritillary butterflies. This … Continue reading
Posted in Prairie Management, Prairie Plants, Prairie Restoration/Reconstruction
Tagged adding plant species, grassland, great plains, interseeding, nebraska, overseeding, prairie, prairie habitat, prairie overseeding, prairie restoration, prairie seeding, rehabilitating prairie, seedling plugs, seedlings, state wildlife grants, transplanting
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Lessons From a Project to Improve Prairie Quality – Part 1: Patch-Burn Grazing, Plant Diversity, and Butterflies
We recently completed a large multi-year restoration and management project at our Platte River Prairies. Our specific objectives were to improve habitat quality for various at-risk prairie species and evaluate the impacts of our management on at-risk butterflies – particularly … Continue reading
Posted in Prairie Animals, Prairie Insects, Prairie Management, Prairie Natural History, Prairie Photography, Prairie Plants, Prairie Restoration/Reconstruction
Tagged at-risk species, burning, butterflies, conservation, conservation grazing, conservative plants, fire, floristic quality, grassland, grassland management, grazing, grazing impacts on prairie, grazing prairie, habitat quality, land management, lessons learned, nebraska, patch-burn grazing, platte river, platte river prairies, pollinators, prairie, prairie management, prairie restoration, prescribed fire, regal fritillary, research, state wildlife grant, stewardship, the nature conservancy
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Ants in Restored Prairie – Part 2 of our 2012 Insect Week Results
As promised, here is the second half of the results from our insect week back in July. Back in September, I reported that it appears bees are using our restored prairies much as they do our remnant prairies. That’s particularly important because our … Continue reading
Bees in a Restored Prairie Landscape – So far, So Good
Mike Arduser has (mostly) finished identifying the bees we found during our insect week in early July this year. Though the data we collected during that week was just a first step, the early results are very positive. It appears … Continue reading
Posted in General, Prairie Insects, Prairie Management, Prairie Natural History, Prairie Photography, Prairie Plants, Prairie Restoration/Reconstruction
Tagged bees, conservation, ecological function, ecological restoration, grassland, habitat restoration, nebraska, photography, platte river prairies, pollinators, prairie restoration, restoration, restored prairie, the nature conservancy
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