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Minimizing Damage From Burn Scars
Deer Grove Forest Preserve 4/29/2025 Summary Map Explanation of Images Images From Site Burn Pile Over Snow 3/7/2015 1. Looking North 2. Looking East 3. Looking South 4. Looking West Spring Ephemerals That Emerged Through the Charcoal and Ash 5. Trillium and Erythronium 6. Closer View of Trillium and Charcoal 7. Claytonia virginica 8. Hepatica…
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Orland Grassland 2/3/2025
Websites with information about the preserve are included below. https://www.orlandgrassland.org/ https://volunteer-fpdcc.givepulse.com/event/414052-orland-grassland-stewardship-volunteer-days https://fpdcc.com/places/locations/orland-grassland/ https://dnr.illinois.gov/inpc/lwr-display.orland-grassland%C2%A0.html Summary Map Images From Site 1. Meeting location according to FPCC volunteer website. 2. Sign at Old Farm Road Trail entrance. 3. View beyond cable gate at Old Farm Road Trail entrance. 4. Looking toward Bobolink Hill. 5. Looking up Bobolink Hill…
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Skokie River Nature Preserve 1/25/2025
Descriptions of this preserve can be viewed at the following sites. https://dnr.illinois.gov/inpc/area.area2lakeskokieriver.html Summary Map Images From Site 1. View from parking lot toward bike trail 2. Preserve Entrance 3. Monument Rock 4. Aspen encroaching on prairie that had been controlled by girdling. 5. McLaughlin Meadow 6. Nannyberry (Viburnum lentago) and Ninebark (Physocarpus opulifolius) along southern…
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Vegetation Development on Decomposed Common Buckthorn Wood Chips
The below image is a four year old pile of wood chips from buckthorn clearing. The wood chips were directed out of the wood chipper into this preserve. This was done by city staff. I complained, but nothing was done to fix the issue. The wood chip pile shown was about a foot deep before…
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Drought Impacts on Prairie Plants
Drought impacts on prairie plants at the Shoe Factory Road Nature Preserve in Poplar Creek are shown.
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Getting Basal Bark Application Right
Summary View of Work Area View of Canopy Time After Treatment Until Control Occurs Basal Sprouting Discussion Effectiveness, Efficiency, Trade-offs, Future Goals View of Work Area The below image is the ground under common buckthorns (Rhamnus cathartica) that had been controlled with 20 percent (V/V) triclopyr ester in basal oil applied to the basal bark.…
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Hosah: Glossy Buckthorn Control on 10/22/2023 With Follow-up Observations on 6/8/2024
Update on 6/19/2025: All glossy buckthorn with herbicide applied to frills sprouted and about half that had herbicide applied to cut stumps sprouted. See following blog post. Summary View of Thicket Small Glossy Buckthorn Frilled Glossy Buckthorn Cut Glossy Buckthorn Black Pine Discussion Summary Treatise on Frilling (Link) View of Thicket Thicket where frilling was…
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Illinois Beach 6/8/2024 Crown Vetch Control
Summary Pretty Images of Site Map Crown Vetch Control Images Discussion Related Posts Pretty Images of Site 1 Two-Flower Cynthia (Krigia biflora) 2 Unidentified saytr butterfly, likely little wood saytr (Megisto cymela) 3 Carolina Puccoon (Lithospermum caroliniense) 4 Eastern-tailed Blue (Cupido comyntas) Since it does not have the characteristic tail I think this is actually…
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Baker’s Lake, Barrington Park Campgrounds, 5/27/2024
Barrington Park Campgrounds is one of the best remaining examples of savanna in the Barrington Area. Citizens for Conservation had been managing the site. They control invading woody species and conduct prescribed fire to return this missing ecosystem process back into several area preserves. Summary Map Pretty Pictures Erigeron philadelphicus and comparison images from August…
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Old Plank Road Prairies May 5th, 2024
Summary Pretty Images of Site Listed Satellite Map of Site Area One Herbicide Application Map – Numbers of Images Labelled on Map Treatment Effectiveness (preliminary) Ring of Death Fires’ Impact on Herbicide Application Effectiveness Fire as a Method to Control Woody Invasive Species Comparison Images Between January 7th and May 5th Bush Honeysuckle That Survived…
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