Tallgrass Prairie Publications and Reports
Document Type
Report
Keywords
Prairie restoration--Iowa; Plants for soil conservation--Planting--Iowa; Plants for soil conservation--Seeds--Iowa;
First Page
1
Last Page
22
Abstract
In order to secure long-term practice buy-in and increase new adoption of highly beneficial conservation initiatives like the USDA’s Prairie Strips practice, it is important to ensure farmers can successfully employ native plant revegetation methods on their first try. Many farmers and landowners are new to establishing native vegetation, and must rely on second-hand forms of information such as practice implementation guidelines. Guidelines that are currently available are often not based on applicable scientific research. A strong scientific understanding of the methods that can achieve success in a cost-effective way are required to inform useful prairie reconstruction guidelines. In particular, three methods and design choices are especially important when implementing a prairie reconstruction: seed mix design, timing of seeding, and first year mowing management.
Department
Tallgrass Prairie Center
Original Publication Date
3-1-2021
Repository
UNI ScholarWorks, Rod Library, University of Northern Iowa
Copyright
©2021 Justin Meissen, Alec Glidden
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Meissen, Justin and Glidden, Alec, "Assessing outcome predictability in prairie strip establishment" (2021). Tallgrass Prairie Publications and Reports. 27.
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/tpc_facpub/27
