| Annual Meeting September 18-19, 2002 Tour of Tallgrass Prairie Preserve Pawhuska, Oklahoma |
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| A plaque at south entrance to the Tallgrass Prairie
Preserve, located 7 miles northwest of Pawhuska, Oklahoma. (Click image for larger view) |
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The first stop on the tour was in the Cattle Patch-burn Pasture where different parts of the pasture are burned at different times of the year. The area to the left is an area that was burned on September 10, 2002. The area on the right has not been burned, but will be burned in spring 2003. |
| The second stop on the tour was in the Bison-fire unit where burning is done in a manner similar to the Cattle Patch-burn Unit. The area in the foreground was burned March 28, 2002 and sericea lespedeza was spot-sprayed on September 16, 2002. The dark patch in the distance was burned September 11, 2002. |  |
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The tour broke into discussion groups in the area burned March 28, 2002 and spot sprayed for sericea lespedeza on September 16, 2002. |
| The next stop, still in the Bison-fire Unit, was to an area burned burned August 28, 2001 (left side of the road) and has not yet had sericea lespedeza sprayed. To the right of road was burned August 23, 2000 and sericea lespedeza was spot sprayed in early August 2001. |  |
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The Tallgrass Prairie Preserve has Information signs at
scenic turnouts to help visitors understand how the area is being managed.
This sign post is 3 miles west of preserve HQ. (Click image for larger view) |
| This stop, still in the Bison-fire Unit, looked across a large expanse of the prairie. In the foreground, the area was burned August 29, 2002. Across the gravel road, the area was burned November 12, 1999. In the distance, the area was burned recently. |  |
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In the center of the photo is a sericea lespedeza sprout from a burn on August 29, 2002. The growth is after 21 days. |
| Sericea Lespedeza Spot-spray Unit The unit built by in
the Tallgrass Prairie Preserve shop is a 65 gallon sprayer pulled by 450cc
ATV. It uses a 5hp engine with 6:1 gear reduction, roller pump, and both
pistol lspray gun and rear-mounted, back-to-back, boomless nozzles for
spraying large patches. A listing of parts and costs are available. Click here for details |
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For more information on the Bob Hamilton |
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