Thanks to all of you for weighing in on control of prairie invasives that spares nesting birds.
Right after my last post in response to Tom Klein, I had a phone call from an employee of Great River Greening. These are the folks who, just this month, were given charge of the landscape restoration at Xcel. He wanted us to know that although mowing might have been an effective plan earlier in the year, his group came aboard too late for that to happen. Consequently, the decision has already been made NOT to mow this year---they support protecting the birds' nesting efforts, and will look to improving the habitat in the future, with the birds in mind. I haven't had time to look at the links to information sent by a few of you, but I'll let my contact know about them. He has given me his phone number, to stay in touch. A note of thanks will also go to the employees of Xcel who helped me get a tour of .the grounds, and shared the necessary contact information. Good birding, all, Linda Whyte ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
