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ADV - Webinar-Woodland and tallgrass prairie restoration case studies
Webinar-Woodland and tallgrass prairie restoration case studies website
2003 Upper Buford CircleSaint Paul, MN 55108
Two speakers will present restoration ecology research published in the January 2020 issue of the Natural Areas Journal: Leighton Reid will share understory plant community outcomes based on twelve years of monitoring in a woodland mosaic in Missouri as it underwent restoration via prescribed, dormant-season burning and mechanical thinning of red cedar (Juniperus virginiana) and exotic shrubs. Reid’s case study suggests that understory plant recovery may be slower in harsher and more degraded sites and faster in more mesic sites within a woodland mosaic. Mike Leahy will describe plant community changes documented over 20 years of prescribed fire, herbicide treatments of invasive nonnative species, and seeding of local ecotype prairie seed at Pawnee Prairie, a 190-ha mix of remnant tallgrass prairie and formerly row-cropped prairie in Missouri. The prairie restoration practices resulted in significant gains in the natural quality of the site’s vegetation, including a greater abundance of prairie flora matrix species and some conservative species.
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Course Dates:
Meeting from 11:00 A.M. to 12:00 P.M. on:
- Tuesday, April 21, 2020
Instructor Information
Britt Forsberg (she/her/hers) is an Engagement Coordinator with Thriving Earth Exchange at the American Geophysical Union. In this role, she supports communities as they address their environmental priorities. She holds a BA in Biology and Environmental Studies from Gustavus Adolphus College and an MEd in Family Education from the University of Minnesota. She has taught each of the biome courses but lives in the Big Woods with her family. She gained an appreciation for bees through her work with the Minnesota Bee Atlas but can't break the habit of keeping her eyes on the ground to look for plants.
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