A Guide to Patch-Burn Grazing for Biological Diversity
Patch-burn grazing is getting a lot of attention from a wide variety of audiences these days. The management system has generated substantial enthusiasm among some people – particularly those...
View ArticlePhoto of the Week – August 4, 2011
I just returned from a great week in southwestern Missouri. The Missouri Department of Conservation invited me to come down and participate in a grassland workshop, and I was happy for an excuse to...
View ArticlePatch-Burn Grazing in Missouri Prairies
If you read this blog frequently, you know I manage many of our prairies with combinations of prescribed fire and grazing. I like the heterogeneous habitat structure I get from patch-burn grazing, and...
View ArticlePhoto of the Week – August 12, 2011
As the sun neared the horizon during my evening prairie walk in Missouri last week (see last week’s Photo of the Week post) I had to be more selective about what I tried to photograph. The low light...
View ArticleWhy Prairie Matters – A Guest Essay
It’s never been easy for me to synthesize the importance of prairies into a compact essay or blog post. My most recent attempt to describe why I care about prairies included, of all things, a Dr....
View ArticleThe Annual Grassland Restoration Network Workshop – Coming to A Prairie Near...
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...
View ArticleReport from the 2013 Grassland Restoration Network Workshop – Part 1
The Grassland Restoration Network’s annual workshop took place a couple weeks ago in Columbia, Missouri. This year’s workshop was hosted by the Missouri Department of Conservation and included more...
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