[Carpenter] Carpenter Prairie Status

[Chris_Woodson at fws.gov]

Justin/Kevin (all),

This may be a good place to use Private Stewardship funds for chemically 
treating the fescue.  I would also consider a follow-up spraying in 
mid-April with ARROW (formerly labeled as SELECT) depending on how much 
the fescue is coming back in the Spring.  We are seeing the fescue come 
back at Cally Morris' site with only one chemical treatment, but that 
treatment was in the spring which is frequently not as effective as fall 
applications.  The Private Stewardship funds are flexible enough to add or 
remove the second Spring spraying without a lot of paperwork hassle.  Let 
me know if you want to use the Private Stewardship funds and I will 
prepare the project plan and agreement as "first-time" example.

Chris

Chris Woodson
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Missouri Private Lands Office
101 Park DeVille Drive, Suite B
Columbia, Missouri  65203
Ph: 573.234.2132 Ext. 120
Cell:  573.239.0762
Fax: 573.445.0241
Email: chris_woodson at fws.gov




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Hi all -

I had the pleasure yesterday of giving Frank and Judy a guided tour of our
property.  Frank was very encouraged by the quantity of native grasses and
forbs he spotted in the targeted spring burn area.  Of course, those area
are choked with fescue.

Frank recommended a late November spraying of a Roundup mix to knock the
fescue back.  Between the primary 50 acre field, the secondary 8 acre
field, and a small 1-2 acre hillside - I have about 60 acres that needs to
be treated.  The other roughly half of the property will remain in cool
seasons grasses for now - providing early spring and winter pasture for
the cattle that will provide light grazing control in the summer.

John Murphy has acquired some cost share for me to help with the discing
and actual burn expenses.

Justin - Is there anything available from MPF (or elsewhere?) to help with
the fescue eradication effort?

In preperation for the burns, I did a low brush-hogging this weekend to
create an 15-18 ft wide firebreak around each parcel.  Of course, some of
that will be disced if needed, but I would expect it all to have fresh
fescue growing in it this spring.

Kevin

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