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…

This past Saturday morning, Kathie, Susan, and I joined Denny Connor's work party at Mazo Bluff. Denny has made great progress in opening up more of this nice prairie remnant,…

Seed collecting is an important part of our restoration activities, and this is the time of year when we are pulling together all of the collections. Kathie is in charge,…

We were delighted to receive the December 2010 issue of Wisconsin Natural Resources and discover that our Pleasant Valley Conservancy was featured on the back cover of the magazine. A…

Yesterday our crew spent the whole day at Black Earth Rettenmund Prairie basal barking brush: sumac, grape, raspberries (mostly black), honeysuckle, buckthorn, gray dogwood. The weather was surprisingly fine and…