Saturday, May 21, 2016

Management of Invasives

Being from Oklahoma a common process is burning grasslands for the purpose of managing invasive species and pests. Many areas quickly become overrun with cheat grass instead of the native short prairie grasses. This is a very effective method and has been done by Native Americans since the beginning of recorded history. At an internship with the Kaw Nation Environmental Department in Kaw City, OK we also used this method to manage wetlands. This helped to contain many wild weeds as well that will quickly overrun an area if not managed correctly.
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  1. UnknownMay 24, 2016 at 10:19 AM

    Chance,
    Thank you for sharing your local knowledge. It is nice to know how things are currently being done. It's one thing to know what works, but another to know what is really happening and why. I had no idea we were burning to control pests. I do have a question though. When you burn to control cheatgrass, does the native short prairie grass come back? And will cheatgrass come back at the same time or sneak back in later?

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  2. AnonymousMay 30, 2016 at 3:57 PM

    Chance,
    That's sounds like a fun experience. Did burning help prevent the invasive species from out-competing the natives or was it used to try to fully remove the invasive species?

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