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Reason for Optimism: Long-Term Results from Planting Prairie into Live Exotic Cool-Season Grass Sod

Posted on March 2, 2026 by prairiebotanist

Find this article (and lots of other good stuff) in the spring edition of the Prairie Promoter.

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Fascinating Read on Indigenous Settlement in Oak Landscapes

Posted on March 20, 2025 by prairiebotanist

See the recent open access article by Tulowieki, Hanberry, and Abrams linked here. It offers insights, I think, into how we might assess vulnerability of northeastern and upper midwestern oak ecosystems to climate change and into the human relationships needed … Continue reading →

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Tallgrass Prairie Biological Soil Crusts

Posted on November 10, 2024 by prairiebotanist

Reposting with some addition from the Prairie Promoter. For the most part, prairie vistas are things we imagine and project over fields and pastures or tell lies about with deceptive framing in our photography. The prairie world is tragically small … Continue reading →

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