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Prairie Smoke Member Activities

Spring 2023: Prairie Smoke Burn

Spence Ruff Burn, May 2023

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Spring 2022: Prairie Smoke Member Burns

2+ Acres near Potsdam MN - Barb and Jim Fleishman

Preparing for seeding: Spring burn after spraying pasture grass in the fall.

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30+ Acres near Lanesboro, MN - Mike Kvitrud/Larson family Farm

Late spring burn - these can be smoky!

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East of Rochester MN - Vlad and Bonnie Sokolov

Overseeded with Big and Little Bluestem following 2019 burn

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22 Acres near St Charles, MN - Jesse Vollmer and Sarah O'Shaughnessy

First burn since purchasing this property.

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9 Acres near Chatfield - Ed and CIndi Pfannkoch

First burn since planting the prairie in 2019.  See PB article here.  

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Rain Garden burn - Chuck Kernler

Not all beneficial burns are large.

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Spring 2021: pictures from MJ Hatfield

Plymouth Rock (near Kendallville, IA, 9 miles south of Harmony MN).