The wetland at Pleasant Valley Conservancy is small but diverse, and a lot of it can be reached with (relatively) dry feet. As part of some management activities, Craig Annen…

We have been doing burns at PVC for 22 years and we burned more acreage this year than ever. We always have ambitious burn plans but conditions are not always…

We've had quite a few favorable comments about the history of Pleasant Valley Conservancy that Kathie and I have been preparing. Volume I has been available for several months. If…

 The south-facing slope at Pleasant Valley Conservancy is a good example of a bluffprairie. Such bluff prairies are common in the Driftless Area. However, although most of these sites are…

Once we got seriously into prairie/savanna restoration, I kept track of the work by measuring the acres restored. It was easy to do with a Garmin. I just walked around…

Read the link from UW-Madison news service. Kathie and I really appreciate the kind things said about Pleasant Valley Conservancy. It makes the past 20-some years of work worth it!…

Download the book (PDF) 44 MB We are announcing the availability for free download of a new book which should be of interest to restoration ecologists. It was written by…

The completeness of a prairie burn is often determined by the continuity of the fuel. If the fuel is patchy, the burn may also end up being patchy. Some people…

The American Transmission Company project has potential for great harm to southwestern Wisconsin ecologies and natural areas. Lots of opposition, but who knows what the Public Service Commission will do?…

I’ve discussed the problems with fall prairie burns in our part of the country.  So if fall burns are so difficult, winter burns must be impossible? Yesterday (December 18, 2018)…