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Dave Jacobson

June 29, 2012 By admin

Preserving and Educating Love of the land, wildlife and a vision of what was there before his grandparents homesteaded his 160-acre family farm motivated David Jacobson of Sauk Centre, Minnesota to return the land to its natural state of wetlands, woodlands, and prairie. When asked why he would take active farmland out of production, Jacobson […]

Filed Under: Biodiversity, Birds, Conservation, Conservation Aim, Easements, Ecotourism, Agri-tourism and Educational Travel, Education, Land Trusts, Minnesota, On-Farm Visits, On-farm Workshops, Policy Tools, Practices, Prairie Restoration, Preserving landscapes, Program - private, Tourism and Recreation, Water Quality, Wetland or Waterway Reconstruction, Wildlife Management

Cedar Creek Natural History Area

June 29, 2012 By admin

Article from the Star Tribune – Published July 27, 2002 by Tom Meersman A Natural Choice Chris Clark, a University of Minnesota researcher working with a dozen undergraduates in the fields recently, was swatting deerflies as he clipped and removed long, narrow strips of foliage from small plots in a grasslands experiment. The students, some […]

Filed Under: Biodiversity, Children, Families and Learning, Conservation, Conservation Aim, Education, Environmental Education Programs, Forest Preservation and Restoration, Habitat Restoration, Minnesota, Prairie Restoration, Program - university, Soil Quality, Wildlife Management

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