http://www.prairieu.umn.edu Regional Site for Natural Resources and Environmental Science at the University of Minnesota Southwest Research and Outreach Center. Wed, 20 Feb 2008 16:01:25 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources will be hosting a prescribed burning workshop at the University of Minnesota Southwest Research and Outreach Center on Saturday April 5, 2008. The program will run from 9:00am until 3:30 pm, and is intended for landowners with conservation land in need of management through ... http://www.prairieu.umn.edu/?p=72 Recently work was completed on a new 24'x24' shelter. The shelter was erected by Bob Halter, and his construction crew based out of Lamberton, MN. The shelter consists of a concrete pad, a Dutch Hip style roof and weaved walls on the west and south sides of ... http://www.prairieu.umn.edu/?p=70 Download the Brochure: Canada Thistle Field Day (pdf) On Tuesday, September 12 the University of Minnesota along with Dow Agrosciences and the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources will host a Canada Thistle Field Day. The day will include presentations from University of Minnesota scientists, representatives from Dow Agrosciences, the Minnesota ... http://www.prairieu.umn.edu/?p=65 On Saturday, August 12 the Minnesota DNR hosted a prairie workshop at the SWROC. Topics included an overview on the status of Minnesota's prairies, grassland wildlife, prairie plant identification, protection and management of prairie remnants, management of restored prairies, and invasive species management. Dr. Milt Haar gave a walking tour ... http://www.prairieu.umn.edu/?p=64 The prescribed burn on Friday, May 19, 2006 did a good job of suppressing the cool season grasses on the hillsides and allowed the native grasses to flourish. There are enough native grasses growing that we plan to harvest the hillside and use this seed to reseed other portions of ... http://www.prairieu.umn.edu/?p=63 On May 19, 2006 a prescribed burn was performed on approximately 17 acres of remnant prairie at the University of Minnesota Southwest Research and Outreach Center (SWROC) PrairieU site. The burn was funded by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) Partners for Wildlife Program and the Minnesota Department ... http://www.prairieu.umn.edu/?p=61 The results of the Prairie U Soil and Vegetation Survey are now available to view on the Prairie U website. During the summer of 2005, Shari Rockvam, who worked as a summer student laborer, completed a technical report on the soil and vegetation at the Prairie U site. ... http://www.prairieu.umn.edu/?p=60 The University of Minnesota Southwest Research and Outreach Center is pleased to announce that PrairieU, a program about native prairie ecology, has a dynamic presence on the Internet. The PrairieU web site provides information about native prairie restoration, as well as ways to become involved with the program. As the PrairieU ... http://www.prairieu.umn.edu/?p=59 Planning is underway for the site's scheduled burn in spring 2006. Personnel from the Windom office of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service and the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources will be visiting the PrairieU remnant prairie in the next coming weeks to gather information about the site and ... http://www.prairieu.umn.edu/?p=56 Representing SWROC and PrairieU, Sue Anderson, Education Specialist with the University of Minnesota College of Agriculture, Food and Environmental Sciences, recently attended a workshop about environmental education The Field Museum in Chicago, Ill. Ann Warner, a fifth grade science teacher with the Redwood Area Schools, accompanied Anderson ... http://www.prairieu.umn.edu/?p=55