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Farming for Wildlife Video

January 10, 2012 Leave a comment

Southeastern Prairie Symposium

November 22, 2011 Leave a comment

May 14-17, 2012
Starkville, Mississippi

 

Invasive Plants in Southern Forests

August 11, 2010 Leave a comment

USDA Forest Service Southern Research Station (SRS) Director Jim Reaves today announced that gardeners, foresters, landowners and others concerned about nonnative invasive plants in the South can now request free copies of “A Field Guide for the Identification of Invasive Plants in Southern Forests“. The long-awaited book is an update of the very popular “Nonnative Invasive Plants of Southern Forests: A Field Guide for Identification and Control“, published by the Station in 2003.”

Prairie Restoration “Tricks of the Trade”

Planting Wildlife Food Plots

April 12, 2010 Leave a comment

Spring Switchgrass Harvest

November 25, 2009 Leave a comment

Lee et al. (2009) examined the impact of fall and spring harvests on biomass yield in switchgrass and other potential bioenergy grasses.  There was little drop-off in biomass yield in spring harvests compared to fall for switchgrass, and big bluestem actually produced slightly more in spring.  This is great news for wildlife conservation.  Spring biomass harvests would preserve valuable winter cover for birds and other critters, and more closely mimic natural disturbance regimes.  And, still provide a profitable biofuel crop.  Now that’s what we mean by practical conservation

Bobwhite Restoration Project

September 17, 2009 Leave a comment

My colleagues just completed a multi-state northern bobwhite research initiative. The final report was just published by NRCS and is available online.  It summarizes a suite of research projects that will improve conservation on farms. A quote from the Foreward should pique your interest – “You will find clear, concise recommendations and the kind of conservation practices to use on your farm or recommend to others for quail restoration. Much of the bobwhite’s needs are supported by farm bill programs approved by Congress and administered by USDA NRCS.”L. Pete Heard

Managing Invasive Species

Southern Forests Network has compiled some great resources about identifying and managing invasive species HERE.  The resources include:

Appalachian Region Invasive Weed Guide from the University of Tennessee provides photos, descriptions,and control methods for a wide array of invasive plants.
Invasive Plants of the United States: Identification, Biology and Control
provides identification, ecology, and control information for invasive plants in the United States occurring in aquatic, wetland, forest, rangeland, desert, or prairie habitats.
Nonnative invasive plants of southern forests: a field guide for identification and control provides information on accurate identification and effective control of the 33 plants or groups that are invading the forests of the 13 Southern States, explains control recommendations and selective application procedures.
Biological Control of Invasive Plants in the Eastern United States is a reference guide for field workers and land managers concerning the historical and current status of the biological control of invasive plant species in the eastern United States .

Invasive Plants Field and Reference Guide: An Ecological Perspective of Plant Invaders of Forests and Woodlands gives a scientific synthesis of what is known about the behavior of such species in managed, disturbed, and pristine forested systems in addition to key information for accurate identification.

Landscape Agro-ecology

February 3, 2009 Leave a comment

Field Borders for Wildlife

January 21, 2009 Leave a comment

Missouri Extension has published a great guide for installing field borders (herbaceous strips of vegetation replacing crops at field edges) entitled Field borders for agronomic, economic and wildlife benefits.   The document illustrates some important principles of corridor design that we focus on in my course, but that are not incorporated (intentionally!) into farm plans nearly enough.  The document is b/w, but color versions of the pictures can be viewed on the html version HERE.

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