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Tag Archives: restoration
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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Photo of the Week – June 29, 2012
This week I visited a portion of one of our restored prairies that I hadn’t been to for a while. During the last couple of years we’ve been grazing it fairly hard, so the wildflower displays haven’t been fantastic. I was … Continue reading
The Value of a Good Field Notebook
One of the most powerful tools of a prairie manager is a field notebook. There’s no substitute for recording observations and ideas as they happen. Memories can fade, but notes don’t (as long as you don’t drop them in a … Continue reading
Save The Date! July 13, 2012
It’s going to be a big day. I’m not sure what to call it yet, but it’ll be big. Mark July 13 on your calendar, and make plans to travel to the Platte River Prairies in Nebraska! Prairie Ecologist readers … Continue reading
Posted in Prairie Insects, Prairie Management, Prairie Natural History, Prairie Plants, Prairie Restoration/Reconstruction
Tagged entomology, field day, grassland, indicator species, insects, james trager, july 13 2012, measuring success, mike arduser, nebraska, open house, platte river prairies, prairie, prairie ecology, reconstruction, restoration
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(What We Have Here is) A Failure to Communicate
Picture a grassland dominated by little bluestem and other grass species. One that has an abundance of wildflowers, including bird’s foot violet, goat’s rue, partridge pea, and numerous varieties of goldenrod, bushclover, and tickclover – among many others. This prairie … Continue reading
Posted in General, Prairie Management, Prairie Natural History, Prairie Photography, Prairie Restoration/Reconstruction
Tagged communication, exchange, grassland, longleaf alliance, longleaf pine, midwest prairie, mixed grass prairie, north american prairie conference, reconstruction, restoration, savanna, savannah, southeast, tallgrass prairie, techniques, woodland
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Grandpa’s “Accidental” Prairie Restoration Project
In the late 1950’s, my grandfather bought a quarter section of farmland just southwest of Stockham, Nebraska. At the time, all but about 26 acres of that 160 acre land parcel was in row crops. The unfarmed areas (the steepest … Continue reading
Photo of the Week – July 29, 2011
While we were at The Nature Conservancy’s Kankakee Sands prairie restoration site in Indiana last week, we got to see a lot of very nice restored prairies. The last night we were there, I slipped away from the group for a few … Continue reading
Photo of the Week
I really didn’t mean to focus my photography efforts on stink bugs and gray-headed coneflower last weekend, but that’s what seemed to be in front of me as I walked around (see my earlier post from this week). These … Continue reading
How Should We Be Preparing Prairies for Climate Change?
When I wrote my recent book on prairie management, I included a very short section at the end on climate change. Essentially, my advice to prairie managers was that managing prairies for biological diversity would help them be resilient enough to absorb climate change … Continue reading
What is this blog all about?
Thank you for visiting The Prairie Ecologist. This blog is intended to be a forum for prairie management, prairie restoration, prairie natural history, and prairie photography. I’ll share my photos, experiences and ideas, but I really hope that you will share … Continue reading
