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Tag Archives: stewardship
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 Management, Prairie Restoration/Reconstruction, Prairie Natural History, Prairie Photography, Prairie Insects, Prairie Plants, Prairie Animals
Tagged prairie, prairie management, fire, prairie restoration, the nature conservancy, patch-burn grazing, grassland management, research, grazing, grassland, platte river, conservation, nebraska, platte river prairies, lessons learned, prescribed fire, butterflies, regal fritillary, pollinators, burning, floristic quality, conservative plants, stewardship, state wildlife grant, land management, habitat quality, at-risk species, conservation grazing, grazing impacts on prairie, grazing prairie
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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 Management, Prairie Restoration/Reconstruction, Prairie Natural History, Prairie Photography, Prairie Insects, Prairie Plants
Tagged prairie management, prairie conservation, grassland, habitat fragmentation, bison, small prairie, tiny prairie, prairie isolation, stewardship, how to manage small prairies, rare butterflies, rare insect, remnant dependent insects, prairie chickens, patch size, prairie chicken
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