Prescribed burn at MPF’s Carver Prairie. Photo: Randy Haas
Prairie Management
Articles in the Missouri Prairie Journal
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Mills, Mark S., Darrin Welchert, and Jordan Meyer. 2016. The Hills are Alive with Herps. Missouri Prairie Journal 37(1): 20-23.
Prairie Management
MPF Prairie Strips Ecosystem Service Incentive Payment Program, Vol. 45, Nos. 3 & 4
Sand Prairie Protection, Vol. 44, No. 2, 2023
Evaluation of Native Plant Seeding Density for Diverse Prairie Reconstructions, Vol 41, Nos. 3 & 4, 2022
Historical Accounts of Native American Fires on the Tallgrass Prairie, Vol. 41, No. 3 & 4, 2021
Reconstructions Expand Prairie Habitat at Carver, Snowball Hill, and Pleasant Run Creek Prairies, Vol. 41, Nos. 3 & 4, 2020
Woody Encroachment of Prairies: Shrub Invasion, Root Myths, & Climate Change, Vol. 41, No. 2, 2020
Grassland Management is Key to Reducing Quail Predation, Vol. 40, Nos. 3 & 4, 2019
The Pure Air Wildlife Management Cooperative, Vol. 40, No. 2, 2019
Prairie Power: Roeslein Alternative Energy Moves Toward Horizon, Vol. 40, No. 2, 2019
To Put Out Fire, Vol. 40, No. 2, 2019
Prairie and Native Grassland Reconstructions, Vol. 39, Nos. 3 & 4, 2018
Tools for Prescribed Burning, Vol. 39, No. 1, 2018
Prescribed Burn Seasonality, Vol. 38, Nos. 3 & 4, 2017 (see accompanying research on Orthopteran and Leaf Beetle Populations)
Establishing Native Pasture with a Cover Crop Cocktail, Vol. 37, No. 1, 2016
Remnants to Restoration: Central Missouri’s remnant glades, savannas, and prairies give life to Prairie Fork reconstruction efforts, Vol. 32, No. 1, 2011
Patch-Burn Grazing and Prairie Vegetation, Vol. 31, No. 1, 2010
Fescue’s Hidden Secret, Vol. 30, No. 4, 2009
Best Management Practices for Problem Plants, Vol. 30, No. 1, 2009
Landowners Guide to Prescribed Burning on Grasslands, Vol. 29, No. 4, 2008
Native Warm-Season Grass News with Steve Clubine
The Drought Continues (and more), Vol. 45, No. 1, 2024
2023 Drought: Part Two (and more), Vol. 44, Nos. 3 & 4, 2023
Freeze, Drought, & Calf Prices (and more) Vol. 44, No. 2, 2023
Benefits and Challenges of Goldenrod in Plantings (and more), Vol. 44, No. 1, 2023
Fall is a Great Time to Treat Callery Pear (and more), Vol. 43, Nos. 3 & 4, 2022
Tribute to a Prairie Pioneer: Tom Toney (and more), Vol. 43, No. 2, 2022
Native Pasture Gaining Traction (and more), Vol. 43, No. 1, 2022
Choosing Steers, Coyotes, and Grassland Carbon Sinks, Vol. 42, Nos. 3 & 4, 2021
Is This Plant Poisonous to Cattle?, Vol. 42, No. 2, 2021
Bison in the Midwest, Cow Heat Stress, Vol. 42, No. 1, 2021
Invasive Plants, COVID-19 and Beef, and Tall Fescue in the U.S., Vol. 41, Nos. 3 & 4, 2020
Grass Drills and Eastern Redcedar Control, Vol. 41, No. 2, 2020
Do Bison Follow the Green Wave?, Vol. 41, No. 1, 2020
2019 North American Prairie Conference, Houston, TX, Vol. 40, Nos. 3 & 4, 2019
New Research on Native Forage and Cattle Weight Gain, Vol. 40, No. 2, 2019
Cape Cod Island Prairies, Vol. 40, No. 1, 2019
Native Warm-Season Grass Hay, Pasture Walks, Drought, Vol. 39, Nos. 3 & 4, 2018
The Origin of Osage Orange Hedgerows, Vol. 39, No. 2, 2018
Tools for Prescribed Burning and Book Reviews, Vol. 39, No. 1, 2018
The Principle of Three, Invasive Weeds, Iowa Prairie Conference, Grassland Bird Conservation Research in MN and IA, and more, Vol. 38, Nos. 3 & 4, 2017
Greater Prairie-Chicken Trapping, Poison Hemlock, Kansas Wildfires, Vol. 38, No. 2, 2017
Prairie Grouse Diets, Increased Birds on NWSG, Grass-finished Beef, and more, Vol. 38, No. 1, 2017
Greater Prairie-Chicken Trapping for Illinois, Summer Grazing and Economics of Weed Control in Forage Management, Vol. 37, No. 2, 2016
2015 Patch-Burn Grazing Working Group Meeting, Vol. 37, No. 1, 2016
Greenhouse Gases and Carbon Sequestration, Vol. 36, Nos. 3 & 4, 2015
Native Warm-Season Grass Grazing Research, Vol. 36, No. 2, 2015
Prairie-Chicken Translocation 2008-2014; Prescribed Burning Glades and Open Woodlands/Savannas; Facts about Tall Fescue, Vol. 35, No. 3, 2014
Cutting Hay, Vol 35, No. 2, 2014
Notes from the 2013 Patch-Burn Grazing Working Group Meeting, Vol. 35, No. 1, 2014
Field Tours of Grassland Management, Vol. 34, No. 3, 2013
The Winter That Wouldn’t End, Vol. 34, No. 2, 2013
Pasture Conversion and Control of Invasives, Vol. 34, No. 1, 2013
Drought Resistant Pastures to Reconnect Cows and Quail, Vol. 33, No. 3, 2012
Fescue Management on Prairie, Vol. 33, No. 3, 2012
Nitrate Build Up in the Soil, Vol. 33, No. 3, 2012
Warm Season Grass Moving Forward from the Drought, Vol. 33, No. 3, 2012
Bloat-Free Legumes Show Pasture Potential, Vol. 33, No. 2, 2012
Grazing Horses on Prairie, Vol. 33, No. 2, 2012
Grassland Bird Outlook, Vol. 33, No. 1, 2012
History of Grazing on Missouri’s Prairies, Haying and Grazing for Livestock Production and Wildlife, Vol. 32, No. 2, 2011
Grassland Management with Fire and Grazing, Vol. 32, No. 1, 2011
Seed Production and Availability; Invasive Plant Control, Vol. 32, No. 3, 2011
Presettlement Prairie Documents and Maps
The Presettlement Prairie in the Kansas City Region (Jackson County, Missouri), Vol. 6, 1985
Early Prairies of St. Louis City, Vol. 2, 1981
Invasive Species
Invasive Plants, COVID-19 and Beef, and Tall Fescue in the U.S., Vol. 41, Nos. 3 & 4, 2020
Ceasing the Sale of Invasive Plants, Vol. 41, No. 2, 2020
Invasive Species Control for Prairie and Native Grassland Conservation, Vol. 39, No. 2, 2018