Archive for August, 2006

Canada Thistle Field Day Will Focus on Using the Biology of Canada Thistle

Posted by Lee Klossner, August 29th , 2006.

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 Department of Natural Resources and the United States Fish and Wildlife Service. There will be a tour of the Caged Seed Flight, Burning and Native Establishment Studies located at the SWROC. In the afternoon there will be a bus tour to the Windom Area field studies, Hedquist WMA and the Timber Lake WPA. Download the Canada Thistle Field Day brochure for more details.

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SWROC Summer Events Focus on the Prairie

Posted by Lee Klossner, August 29th , 2006.

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 of the PrairieU site as part of the SWROC Natural Resource Day on Wednesday, August 16. On the tour Dr. Haar showed the beneficial effects of the spring prescribed burn, described the Best Management Practices for Prairie Following Fire trial that was begun this spring, and presented data from the Canada Thistle Management trial that was started in the fall of 2004.

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Native Grasses Flourish After Prescribed Burn

Posted by Lee Klossner, August 29th , 2006.

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 the site.

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