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Reader Feedback Opportunity – What Do You Think?
I’ve been writing this blog for about eight months now, and it’s been an extremely enjoyable and fulfilling experience. As I’ve told many people, I learn something from every post. I learn by forcing...
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If You Play With Fire…
There’s nothing playful about safe and effective prescribed burning. Too many things can go wrong to take it lightly. Sometimes, I think people see prescribed fire as something that needs to be done...
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Difficult Decisions – Growing Season Fires and Other Prairie Management Choices
Would you purposefully destroy the nest of a wild turkey or grasshopper sparrow? Of course not. But what if that destruction was a consequence of a land management action that benefits the larger...
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Report from the 2013 Grassland Restoration Network Workshop – Part 1
The Grassland Restoration Network’s annual workshop took place a couple weeks ago in Columbia, Missouri. This year’s workshop was hosted by the Missouri Department of Conservation and included more...
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What’s the Best Time to Burn?
As I mentioned last week, prescribed fire can help meet many prairie management objectives. It’s important, however, to match the timing of the burn to those objectives in order to avoid conducting a...
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How did everything work this year?
This is one of my favorite times of year. It’s not the cool temperatures, the fall colors, or even the fall migrations of birds and insects coming through. Instead, I like this time of year because...
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Choosing Your Destination Before You Choose Your Mode of Transport
Last week, I attended a science and stewardship conference of The Nature Conservancy in Madison, Wisconsin. It was an inspiring and thought-provoking week. There were a lot of topics that will...
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