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The Review May 26, 2015 FRANKLIN GROVE

Bison ‘experiment’ blossoming Ecologist: Grazing patterns helping restore Nachusa Grasslands BY EARLEEN HINTON

FRANKLIN GROVE – Yes, yes, all the buzz might be about the baby bison boom at Nachusa Grasslands. But the real excitement is what the grown-ups are already doing to help restore the prairie. “It’s been super-exciting ever since the bison arrived, and we are already starting to see success from bison grazing,” restoration ecologist Cody Considine said. “It looks like the bison are eating the grasses around the spring flowers, and that’s pretty cool.”

The recent inclusion of the big prairie mammals might be what’s driving new people to the Nature Conservancy’s 3,500-acre grasslands, east of Dixon and south of Oregon. But it is the delight in the details that inspires Considine and other volunteers who spent years pulling invasive plants, collecting prairie plants seeds, burning, and replanting. “Already we can see where the prairie plants are doing better, based on where and what the bison are eating, but from a science research

point of view, this study will take several years,” Considine said. “Right now, it is very evident they are avoiding the forbs [flowers] and eating the grass.” Bison were reintroduced to the grasslands in October 2014, when Considine, project director Bill Kleiman, and volunteers made three trips totaling nearly 3,500 miles to transport cows and bulls from established herds in Iowa and South Dakota to the grasslands.

Philip Marruffo

A bison rolls in the grass at the Nachusa Grasslands near Franklin Grove. While the birth of 11 calves might be grabbing a lot of attention, environmental officials are thrilled with the adults’ role in the prairie’s restoration.

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