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Chapter Newsletter
Welcome to the web site of the Coulee Region Chapter of The Prairie Enthusiasts!
Our Mission Statement: The Coulee Region chapter of The Prairie Enthusiasts was created to protect prairie and related oak ecosystem remnants through acquisition, management and distribution of educational material.
Events
| Event: | Chapter Meeting |
| Date: | Saturday May 31, 2008 (tentative) |
| Location: | Norskedalen, near Coon Valley (tentative) |
| Details: | The agenda is still being developed. We will have a girdling party on two remnants on the property after the meeting. |
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Work parties | |
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Prairies we manage | |
Sugar Creek Bible Camp | |
| The Sugar Creek Bible Camp Prairie-Savanna-Woodland Complex contains six acres of this rare dry-prairie and fourteen acres of the globally imperiled oak savanna. Over 140 plant species were recorded on the bluff prairie. Reptiles including the bull snake, blue racer, and six-lined racerunner were also recorded. In 2000, TPE entered into a 10-year agreement to manage this prairie-savanna-woodland complex. Restoration methods of controlled burning, understory thinning, and exotic species removal have provided opportunities for hands on restoration, education, increased biodiversity, and above all maintaining these ecologically important communities for present and future generations to enjoy. TPE last burned the site in 2005. | |
Kickapoo Reserve Prairie | |
| In the late winter of 2001, the Coulee Region chapter seeded forty-six forbs and several grass species (nearly 28lbs.) into a four-acre area near the old dam site along the Kickapoo River in the reserve boundary. This was after we attempted a burn the fall before with some brush cutting involved. The area is for all intents and purposes a pilot project to see how well prairie seeds take over on land that has only mechanical weed control allowed. We've aggressively burned and interseeded in recent years. | |
Decorah Mound | |
| The Decorah Mound, near Galesville, contains remnant oak-savanna that transitions to a dry-prairie on the "mound". TPE has recently entered into a management agreement with The Nature Conservancy, owners of the property, to establish and execute a management plan for oak-savanna and dry-prairie restoration. Work will likely include prescribed burning and invasive plant removal. TPE performed a 5-acre burn in 2007. | |
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