Lakeshore State Park, on the shores of Lake Michigan near the Summerfest grounds, was set ablaze Tuesday morning — intentionally. The goal: to introduce fire to the landscape and help native plants ...
The Wisconsin DNR and Good Oak Ecological Services will conduct a prescribed burn at Lakeshore State Park between March 31 and April 9. The park will be temporarily closed during the burn, which is ...
“It all starts with the soil,” Neil Diboll tells me. I met Diboll in 1990 at a prairie restorationists’ conference in Iowa. A year or two later, I visited Prairie Nursery, a nursery he opened in ...
URBANA, Ill. — Imagine a prairie. How many plant species do you see? Maybe you’re picturing yellow coneflowers, some little bluestem, perhaps a few asters. But plant ecologists at the University of ...
Thinking about transforming your lawn into a native plant garden but not sure where to start? The Southwest Wisconsin Chapter ...
Industrial agriculture is profitable, but recent trends show that profit may only last in the short run if soil health isn’t prioritized. Farmers in the central US in the 1930s learned the hard way.
A prescribed burn was conducted at Lakeshore State Park in Milwaukee to promote native plant growth. The burn targeted invasive species and also warms the soil, giving native plants a kickstart. Fire ...