by Tom Lukens | Sep 19, 2022 | BLOG
Prevention of deer browse is one answer. We protect all the trees and shrubs that we plant. In the case of some of the oaks, even if they are volunteers sprouted from forgotten squirrel cashes, we generally protect them with 5′ welded wire fence rings. Oaks,...
by Tom Lukens | Aug 10, 2022 | BLOG
Tom acquired this 87-acre property with its mile of the West Fork in 2003. Since then, a half mile of streambank stabilization work has been done, along with in-stream and other habitat work. This work has been done in stages. The most recent work along 780 feet of...
by Nan Marshall | Jul 25, 2022 | BLOG
Tom Lukens, Valley Stewardship Network Board Chair Emeritus, recently shared the conservation projects he’s been working on at his Nature Nooks Resort (NNR) property with a group of interested landowners. The NNR mission is “to protect and enhance biodiversity and...
by Tom Lukens | Apr 14, 2022 | BLOG
With a little low-tech mucking around down-drainage from the springs and seeps many of us have on our Driftless properties, there are real habitat-enhancing rewards awaiting! Helping to enhance and create wetlands does a lot of good … from providing important habitat...
by Tom Lukens | Mar 17, 2022 | BLOG
My decision to purchase my property back in 2003 was strongly influenced by its location on the West Fork of the Kickapoo River, the presence of beavers, and the diversity they support. When I first made my way through dense brush to the edge of the beaver pond, now...
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