ST CROIX VALLEY FIELD TRIP

Tour of private prairie

This tour is a great follow-up to Rich Henderson’s talk on “Converting your lawn or field to prairie.”

Alex Bouthilet will lead us on a tour of his prairie.

This prairie started as a dense sod of exotic cool-season grasses. About 12 years ago it was inter-seeded with native prairie species and has been burned annually in the dormant season since then. During the tour we’ll look at how repeated fire and inter-seeding have gradually shifted the site toward a more diverse native prairie, along with what has worked well and what challenges still remain.

There will be beverages and snacks for after the tour.

Date: May 4 (Monday)
Time: 5-6:30 pm
Location: 638 170th Street, Osceola, WI

Map

Bring:

• Drinking water (it may get hot)
• Long pants (there may be poison ivy)