Prairie A-Light

The snow is mostly gone and for the fourth day, we've had temperatures above 70F.  The icing on the cake today was getting to see the prairie by the Main Office building being burned. Prairies need to occasionally be burned in order to get rid of thatch from the dead forbs and grasses and kill off any trees that are trying to establish themselves. The ash will act like fertilizer and the now-dark soil will warm quickly helping the plants to sprout and grow.

This is the part of the prairie near the ephemeral pond west of the office building.