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Prairie Restoration in Oak Savanna

Prairie Restoration in Oak Savanna

Clearing Brush for Prairie Restoration with Brush Mower This is a prairie restoration that we started a while back. The first thing we did a few years ago was girdle...

Prairie Restoration in Oak Savanna

Clearing Brush for Prairie Restoration with Brush Mower This is a prairie restoration that we started a while back. The first thing we did a few years ago was girdle...

How to Control a Large Stand of Invasive Knotweed

How to Control a Large Stand of Invasive Knotweed

Controlling a large stand of invasive knotweed can be a daunting task.  We just finished this document: Green Shoots Guidance on Controlling a Large Stand of Knotweed.  Knotweed Monoculture document...

How to Control a Large Stand of Invasive Knotweed

Controlling a large stand of invasive knotweed can be a daunting task.  We just finished this document: Green Shoots Guidance on Controlling a Large Stand of Knotweed.  Knotweed Monoculture document...

Whatever You Do This Spring, Don’t Plant Bradford Pear Trees!

Whatever You Do This Spring, Don’t Plant Bradfo...

You see those trees with white flowers in the drone photo below from early spring 2020? Those are pear trees growing in a southern Indiana plot where oak and pecan...

Whatever You Do This Spring, Don’t Plant Bradfo...

You see those trees with white flowers in the drone photo below from early spring 2020? Those are pear trees growing in a southern Indiana plot where oak and pecan...

Innovations in Invasive Species Management Conference 2019

Innovations in Invasive Species Management Conf...

I attended a wonderful conference in Coeur d’ Alene, Idaho, put on by Steve Manning and his group at Invasive Plant Control from December 10-12, 2019.  One theme: rodent eradication!...

Innovations in Invasive Species Management Conf...

I attended a wonderful conference in Coeur d’ Alene, Idaho, put on by Steve Manning and his group at Invasive Plant Control from December 10-12, 2019.  One theme: rodent eradication!...

Good article on Knotweed in Slate Magazine - See our video for a Great Way to Control Knotweed!

Good article on Knotweed in Slate Magazine - Se...

Henry Grabar wrote an excellent piece in Slate on knotweed: "Oh, No, Not Knotweed!  What I think is so important about this article is that it lays out the environmental...

Good article on Knotweed in Slate Magazine - Se...

Henry Grabar wrote an excellent piece in Slate on knotweed: "Oh, No, Not Knotweed!  What I think is so important about this article is that it lays out the environmental...

Good Study on Controlling Chinese Privet with Cut Stump Herbicide Treatments

Good Study on Controlling Chinese Privet with C...

This is an impressive 2018 study on treating Chinese privet (Ligustrum sinense) with herbicide: Enloe et al., The Influence of Treatment Timing and Shrub Size on Chinese Privet (Ligustrum sinense)...

Good Study on Controlling Chinese Privet with C...

This is an impressive 2018 study on treating Chinese privet (Ligustrum sinense) with herbicide: Enloe et al., The Influence of Treatment Timing and Shrub Size on Chinese Privet (Ligustrum sinense)...