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Nachusa Grasslands Topics

• Asian Bush Clover Quiz
• Chainsaw Safety
• ​Extracting Stuck Equipment Safely
• Herbicide Use
• ​How to Prevent Ruts in Nachusa's Lanes​​
• ​Managing Invasives
• ​Prairie Seed Drier at Nachusa Grasslands
• Using Two-Quart Basal Bark Sprayers
• ​West Holland Savanna Restoration Plan

Agriculture & Conservation

• Conservation Choices; Your guide to 21 Conservation and Environmental Farming Practices — USDA
• Conservation Programs at a Glance — USDA
• Diverse Native Seed Mixes Guide — USDA
• ​Grasses at a Glance — Illinois Extension
• Native Plant Nurseries
• ​Native Prairie; Establishing & managing native plantings — USDA
• ​Native Prairie; Increasing forb diversity in native grass-dominated stands — USDA
• ​Monarch Butterflies  — USDA​
• ​Planting Native Prairie; Into Cool Season Sod — USDA
• Planting Native Prairie; Into Corn/Bean Stubble — USDA
• Pollinator Practices — USDA​
• ​Working Lands for Wildlife — USDA

External Resources

• Warrior Sedges
• Chainsaw Felling Safety Video by Tim Ard
• Illinois Association of Conservation Districts
• National Weather Service Forecast Office - Franklin Grove
• ​Universal Floristic Quality Assessment Calculator

Blogs

• Grassland Restoration Network
• The Prairie Ecologist
  

Studies

• ​Kleiman Overseed Study — A Random Block Design

UPDATED 8/2020