Category Archives: Stewardship

Prescribed Burn Season

Posted on April 29, 2023 by prairiebotanist

Cold rain is beginning to fall, but it still smells like smoke outside this morning, April 29. Smoke columns have risen all across southern Wisconsin over the preceding days, making up for alternating red flag and wet conditions that stymied … Continue reading →

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What Does Long-Term Bison-Grazed Prairie Look Like?

Posted on June 11, 2022 by prairiebotanist

Bison-grazed pastures tend to have higher forb cover and vascular plant diversity in prairie (bison have been there now for 35 years), but what does this look like. I have some pictures from quadrats from field work at in Konza’s … Continue reading →

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Botanists are NOT Ruining Prairies

Posted on January 21, 2022 by prairiebotanist

Wait, what?! More than a decade ago Prairie Ecologist asked, “Are botanists ruining prairies?” I’d met the author, worked with him to set up a portion of my dissertation research. I’d come west from Iowa in 2008 with an open … Continue reading →

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