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Hubbard Fellowship Blog: Moo-Muration
A guest post by Eliza Perry, one of our Hubbard Fellows. All photos are by Eliza. Giant black clouds of birds have been erupting from cottonwoods everywhere I go the past few days. A huge overhead...
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Hubbard Fellowship Blog: Roundup Time
Guest Post by Eliza Perry, one of our Hubbard Fellows. All photos are by Eliza. Anne and I have been spending a lot of time with bison over the last four weeks, something neither of us ever thought...
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Embracing Unpredictability in Prairie Management
Much of what determines the outcome of prairie management treatments is out of our control. Sure, we can decide when to burn a prairie or set the timing and stocking rate for grazing treatments, but...
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Bison Good, Cattle Bad??
Among some prairie enthusiasts, there seems to be a perception that plains bison are magical creatures that live in complete harmony with the prairie. They eat grasses but not wildflowers, they float...
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Photo of the Week – March 13, 2014
Here are two photos that caught my attention as I was going through timelapse imagery the other day… In my last post, I showed some timelapse photos from a fenceline at The Nature Conservancy’s...
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Conservation Grazing in Iowa
I got the chance to spend a couple days in Iowa last week, talking about conservation grazing with staff of the Iowa Department of Natural Resources. They invited me to join a two day workshop...
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Photo of the Week – May 28, 2015
One difference between using cattle grazing and other grassland management options like fire or mowing is that cattle have brains. They can decide where they want to go (within our fences) and what...
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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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Trusting the Resilience of Prairies
Note to my son (and others who mainly follow this blog to see if there are cool pictures or pictures of them): This is a pretty long and involved post – sorry. The first picture is probably the best...
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Now You See Them, Now You Don’t (But They Might Still Be There!)
Grazing, especially by goats and/or sheep, is often promoted as a control method for weeds or shrubs. Depending upon the life strategy of the weeds being targeted, grazing can be effective, but it’s...
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