Setting prairies ablaze in springtime is key to restoring damaged ecosystems, conservationists say
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain On a recent weekday, short but mighty flames began consuming an expanse of tallgrass in Illinois’ Nachusa Grasslands, their advance marked with crackles and pops. Satisfied with the blaze, a group of eight conservation workers split in two, walking the perimeter of a 124-acre square expanse of land. They used liquid … Read more