Schaumburg Road Grasslands

Joseph Goder Tract

Here is a map showing locations of brush piles that were burned at today’s workday, burn scars from previous workdays, and brush piles covered with a tarp (gray or blue).

The below view looks north toward the open area.

This view looks south from the open area.

This is the brush pile burning north of the pile covered with a blue tarp.

This is looking from the pile covered with the blue tarp toward the second brush pile burned today.

Here is a closer view of the brush pile burn shown in the distance in the above picture.

Most of the stumps of trees that were cut were treated with herbicide.

Some of the stumps that were cut missed getting treated with herbicide.

Other stumps were treated when they were cut during prior workdays. It does not take long for most of the dye to wear off.

This is the map I made of the eastern part of the work area. The brush piles are the largest dark shapes. The piles labeled “unburned” are the ones covered by tarps. I outlined the burn scar and stumps that were treated during a prior workday.

The small circles represent stumps that were treated with herbicide. The small circles with an “X” over them represent stumps that missed being treated with herbicide. This map should allow me to find the treated stumps this coming summer and determine if the herbicide application has been effective.

This is a Joseph Goder Incinerator. It is found southwest of the opening where the workday this post discusses had occurred. More information can be found on the following link.

Click to access Feb2022_Prairie-Pulse.pdf

At first, I thought these were coals from a fire. This is ice that formed as water was drawn from the soil.

Wet snow occurred the next day. This will help prevent herbicide damage because, unlike rain, the snow will not splash onto adjacent vegetation as it melts.