https://www.northernprairies.org/blog daily 0.75 2025-06-24 https://www.northernprairies.org/blog/oak-woodland-workshop-for-women monthly 0.5 2025-06-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1c8306f39c41335c2a40c9/d80dcb34-d6f0-4174-946e-d2060489b366/P1080025+3.jpg Blog - Oak Woodland Workshop for Women - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1c8306f39c41335c2a40c9/6b923ff4-7e30-45e5-995c-e99d27964465/P1080081.JPG Blog - Oak Woodland Workshop for Women - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.northernprairies.org/blog/northern-prairies-land-trust-receives-grant-from-nebraska-environmental-trust monthly 0.5 2025-05-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1c8306f39c41335c2a40c9/c36a0e52-c82b-456c-a62e-460960862f0d/imgp4804.jpg Blog - Northern Prairies Land Trust Receives Grant from Nebraska Environmental Trust - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1c8306f39c41335c2a40c9/2611bc39-d8a5-454a-816f-2afcced3c900/img_20150928_103157_043.jpg Blog - Northern Prairies Land Trust Receives Grant from Nebraska Environmental Trust - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.northernprairies.org/blog/falling-for-prescribed-fire monthly 0.5 2025-05-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1c8306f39c41335c2a40c9/8cd68bd6-47a0-4097-be20-62ccc20b2407/photo1_fallgrasslandburn2.jpg Blog - "Falling" for Prescribed Fire - Make it stand out A landowner burns his grassland on Oct. 25, 2019 in north-central Nebraska https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1c8306f39c41335c2a40c9/5ec1df9e-1a42-4794-a26f-ee1ff85a3be6/20190913_101501_aaph3_1.jpg Blog - "Falling" for Prescribed Fire - Make it stand out The mixed-grass sand prairie on Sept. 13, 2019 prior to prescribed fire. Fire will burn off old thatch and “decadent” little bluestem growth, allowing more wildflowers and more palatable grass to grow. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1c8306f39c41335c2a40c9/e1275101-a005-45c9-83dd-f2431ed7aabe/20191028_165453_aaph3.jpg Blog - "Falling" for Prescribed Fire - Make it stand out A couple days after the October 2019 burn taken from the same spot as the photo above, looking down the burn line. Notice the uncontrolled cedar growth on the neighbor’s property across the fence, negatively affecting grassland wildlife habitat and grazing potential. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1c8306f39c41335c2a40c9/91a56169-1a97-4cc6-aacd-c0fdef2c97f6/photo2_fallgrasslandburn2.jpg Blog - "Falling" for Prescribed Fire - Make it stand out Cedar seedlings the day of the October 2019 burn. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1c8306f39c41335c2a40c9/c16e58bd-7efa-4100-8cd9-5dea66e9a6f1/20191028_170318_same-trees-10_25.jpg Blog - "Falling" for Prescribed Fire - Make it stand out The same cedar seedlings slowly turning orange a week later, indicating that they have died. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1c8306f39c41335c2a40c9/e0773b3e-2019-46ba-b064-0438e4125da3/img_20161107_151150635_kristalang.jpg Blog - "Falling" for Prescribed Fire - Make it stand out Northern Prairies Land Trust staff light leaf litter in a fall oak woodland burn in November 2016. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1c8306f39c41335c2a40c9/6f8037c1-5111-4c9e-8384-d6313db2fbe7/img_20181120_160946595_hdr.jpg Blog - "Falling" for Prescribed Fire - Make it stand out Fire moves through grass in a pine savannah in November 2018. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1c8306f39c41335c2a40c9/a5d4196e-0e49-45a7-b8c2-c829187fa2f7/img_20171201_162421898.jpg Blog - "Falling" for Prescribed Fire - Make it stand out Fire moves through leaf litter at Ponca State Park in northeast Nebraska in December 2017. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1c8306f39c41335c2a40c9/a3ff8f5f-2ee5-421c-8da5-a5090b9793ff/imag0446.jpg Blog - "Falling" for Prescribed Fire - Make it stand out A woodland burn is captured on a game camera in November 2016 at 7:24 pm. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1c8306f39c41335c2a40c9/4c873de0-8d88-4611-8a38-a068ff4d8863/imag0643.jpg Blog - "Falling" for Prescribed Fire - Make it stand out Deer were back on the burn before the sun had risen the next day. Notice the bright embers in the background. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1c8306f39c41335c2a40c9/4d0bb998-c06b-4009-82e6-b2dddf1df13c/p5120066.jpg Blog - "Falling" for Prescribed Fire - Make it stand out This is the same woodland in the game camera image above, the following spring. This ranch had invested in cedar removal from the oak woodland several years previously and the burn was follow-up maintenance on that investment with excellent cedar sapling kill. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1c8306f39c41335c2a40c9/2f81833d-6c73-449e-88f8-362714af1c4f/20181120_154304.jpg Blog - "Falling" for Prescribed Fire - Make it stand out Ranchers of the Niobrara Valley Prescribed Burn Association team up to burn a complex of oak woodland, pine savannah, and sand prairie in November 2018. https://www.northernprairies.org/blog/friends-of-the-big-sioux-river-and-northern-prairies-land-trust-join-forces monthly 0.5 2025-05-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1c8306f39c41335c2a40c9/ae2dc9a8-4f36-41b0-b7a8-8a1dd026ef6c/thingstodo_1020x360_fallspark.jpg Blog - Friends of the Big Sioux River and Northern Prairies Land Trust Join Forces - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.northernprairies.org/blog/in-memoriam-john-h-davidson monthly 0.5 2025-05-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1c8306f39c41335c2a40c9/7bdb65f6-ae31-4a2c-b841-6ec0ec0a6b63/john-davidson.jpg Blog - In Memoriam: John H. 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Davidson - Make it stand out John Davidson (left) and Bob Warrick (right) walk through a prairie easement in Pierce County, Nebraska. https://www.northernprairies.org/blog/cedars-up-in-smoke-this-march monthly 0.5 2025-05-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1c8306f39c41335c2a40c9/a4c817c2-f405-4e21-861f-4df32213d284/20190327_130858.jpg Blog - Cedars up in Smoke this March - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1c8306f39c41335c2a40c9/6dfd2ac3-e5a6-4039-950f-a59af603023c/20190327_152040.jpg Blog - Cedars up in Smoke this March - Make it stand out Lighting a test fire to begin a 322 acre Sandhills burn in Rock County in March 2019. Friends, neighbors, fire department volunteers, and agency partners assisted on a safe burn that met its objectives. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1c8306f39c41335c2a40c9/e95ab6ed-6101-4419-9f3f-c673954da288/20190327_164205.jpg Blog - Cedars up in Smoke this March - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1c8306f39c41335c2a40c9/f526243a-0274-4b78-9ad6-0e765e6eb14d/20190327_125029.jpg Blog - Cedars up in Smoke this March - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1c8306f39c41335c2a40c9/7dbc121a-c46c-4dd6-b3ee-fe8c3aceaf7c/20190327_135145.jpg Blog - Cedars up in Smoke this March - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1c8306f39c41335c2a40c9/0181281f-22ae-4aa7-bf61-c012a5915d0b/ea_5.jpg Blog - Cedars up in Smoke this March - Make it stand out The crew puts finishing touches on part of the burn. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1c8306f39c41335c2a40c9/77ccef16-8852-44b2-951d-a3adfafb7bf3/20190327_170136.jpg Blog - Cedars up in Smoke this March - Make it stand out A dramatic smoke plume concludes the burn at the end of the day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1c8306f39c41335c2a40c9/a0c26399-2553-4cf6-bf41-21c075645cb5/20190327_173418.jpg Blog - Cedars up in Smoke this March - Make it stand out The goals of the 322 acre burn: control cedar trees, improve grazing for cattle, and sustain high quality grasslands for wildlife. https://www.northernprairies.org/blog/benefits-from-every-angle-the-santee-siouxs-land-restoration-work monthly 0.5 2025-05-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1c8306f39c41335c2a40c9/2837246c-24ef-4619-acf3-c82ff6430128/img_3010.jpg Blog - Benefits from Every Angle: the Santee Sioux’s Land Restoration Work - Make it stand out A mid-August view from the “High Bench” before restoration work started. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1c8306f39c41335c2a40c9/c0c69cb8-b17f-4a8f-80fc-0eb6d72625dd/img_4660.jpg Blog - Benefits from Every Angle: the Santee Sioux’s Land Restoration Work - Make it stand out Rough blazing star and big bluestem thrive in tallgrass prairie on the project site near the edge of the oak woodland. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1c8306f39c41335c2a40c9/0f5e5b49-1582-455d-b463-69398978acf6/img_4642.jpg Blog - Benefits from Every Angle: the Santee Sioux’s Land Restoration Work - Make it stand out Dogwood and eastern redcedar are expanding from the woodland, displacing native prairie plants. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1c8306f39c41335c2a40c9/bc26b636-926a-4372-afce-df889ab9bd89/img_4698-e1546900313455.jpg Blog - Benefits from Every Angle: the Santee Sioux’s Land Restoration Work - Make it stand out A regal fritillary we found on the project site. This butterfly is rapidly disappearing from many parts of its range. It depends on healthy tallgrass prairie. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1c8306f39c41335c2a40c9/ea72d4fa-e0c1-4f23-8b56-8d7fdfb6de04/img_4702.jpg Blog - Benefits from Every Angle: the Santee Sioux’s Land Restoration Work - Make it stand out Eastern redcedar crowds oaks, limiting the amount of light reaching the forest floor, which results in bare ground. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1c8306f39c41335c2a40c9/d24d7313-36e9-4e98-8950-440f55e3346a/santeecrewphoto.jpg Blog - Benefits from Every Angle: the Santee Sioux’s Land Restoration Work - Make it stand out The Santee Hazardous Fuels Program crew is working to restore tallgrass prairie and oak woodland to benefit people, plants, and wildlife. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1c8306f39c41335c2a40c9/58ec1af0-9875-466f-acce-82bbba0198a3/santeetrainingphoto.jpg Blog - Benefits from Every Angle: the Santee Sioux’s Land Restoration Work - Make it stand out Chris Wood (NPLT) and Steve Rasmussen (NFS) provide training in tree identification and forest thinning to the Santee Hazardous Fuels Crew. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1c8306f39c41335c2a40c9/29959564-9541-48b2-9e0a-fcfe9dccdb46/img954763.jpg Blog - Benefits from Every Angle: the Santee Sioux’s Land Restoration Work - Make it stand out Crew members remove dogwood brush from the oak woodland understory. Photo credit: Brittany Iron Shell https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1c8306f39c41335c2a40c9/da8eeffd-d2bb-4207-8216-ce03d71de0c2/20181017_120524.jpg Blog - Benefits from Every Angle: the Santee Sioux’s Land Restoration Work - Make it stand out Leslie Brownrigg and Brittany Iron Shell place a post to mark where the crew will take photos to monitor progress on the project over time. https://www.northernprairies.org/blog/trials-and-tribulations-of-plant-id-indiangrass monthly 0.5 2025-05-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1c8306f39c41335c2a40c9/90d86682-add9-4b55-9578-f69af044f4e3/20180906_144122.jpg Blog - Trials and Tribulations of Plant ID: Indiangrass - Make it stand out Indiangrass leaf blade and ligule. 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In Stanton County, Nebraska Photo Credit: Jamie Bachmann https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1c8306f39c41335c2a40c9/2e2cc50b-68e7-4f27-aa53-3fd5f1efdf52/560953_430019960354528_1336559961_n.jpg Blog - Environmental Stewardship Begins with Heart - Make it stand out Like mother like son. Mud pit on National Mud Day Photo Credit: Jamie Bachmann https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1c8306f39c41335c2a40c9/24bac5c5-634a-4a77-b335-fa95d5e378ad/886356_10208953481659704_5460139709893643723_o.jpg Blog - Environmental Stewardship Begins with Heart - Make it stand out December sunrise tea-time contemplations. 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