by Dave Krier | Oct 13, 2023 | BLOG
It’s a late fall afternoon, and I am walking along a four-year-old prairie strip that was planted by Valley Stewardship Network, where I work. The ground is pretty sloped, but farmable – certainly in this part of the country – angling down through a corn...
by Tom Lukens | Oct 17, 2022 | BLOG
Agriculture and development have severely reduced the acreage of wetlands across the countryside. Wetlands support an extraordinary diversity of wildlife. They trap sediments and nutrient-laden agricultural runoff. Wetlands serve as sponges for flood waters too. We...
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...
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