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)…
We first cleared the South Slope of Pleasant Valley Conservancy in 1998-1999. We instituted an annual burn program almost immediately, although some of the areas were hard to burn (not…
At Pleasant Valley Conservancy we have been doing major burns in both the spring and the fall since 1999. Here is a link to the complete burn record. I just…
Even a single stem of buckthorn stands out among all the brown senesced native species. Killed yesterday Killed in 2013 Killed in 2015 Killed in 2008 If it's green this…
Kathie and I often discussed the quality of our collected seeds. Would they grow when planted? Would the seeds germinate? Seed germination tests are not that hard to do and…
This is the time of year when the last brood of Monarch butterflies is stoking up for their long journey to Mexico. Asters and goldenrods are the principal nectar sources,…
This is the time of year for gentians. As poet Emily Dickinson so aptly put it, gentians come with the frosts, although with global warming since Dickinson’s time, it has…