.nobr br { display: none}It's still a long way to April, but it doesn't hurt to think ahead. We've got lots of seeds in the barn, waiting to be planted…

For years I have been using the early air photos taken by the Soil Conservation Service for planning restoration work at Pleasant Valley Conservancy. The first air photos for Dane…

I spent some time scouring my hard disk to find a summer photo that was taken at the same location as the great savanna burn photo from the last post…

Many remnant oak savannas are grazed or have been grazed in the past. As I have pointed out elsewhere, if the open-grown oaks are still present, these are prime candidates…

Now that the snow has settled down, it is possible to start brush cutting again. Saturday morning Willis, Kathie, and I made a threesome at the top of the North…

The 2011 Military Ridge Prairie Heritage Calendar is now out, and has some nice photos of southwestern Wisconsin prairies and savannas. This is an attractive calendar that Katie Abbott has…

Although we are restoring a midwest oak savanna, my interest extends to oak savannas in other parts of the country. In posts last year, I described visits to Emory oak…

For the past three years we have been having an open house at the cabin on New Year's Day, and will be doing the same this year. Marci and Jim…

In some ways we have been happy with the snow, as it gives us a bit of respite from work. But one problem we had forgotten to deal with was…

I've been reviewing the stewardship files for Black Earth Rettenmund Prairie since the site was first acquired by the Nature Conservancy in 1986. This is part of an environmental history…