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Stand 5

Acreage: 6 acres

General Description: This is an open field. The former hay field is a mixture of vegetation, generally foxtail and quack grass and other high-ground broadleaf weeds.

Objective: The owners’ objective is to utilize this field for wildlife habitat and tree growth for future generations.

Recommended Practices:
Any combination of the following recommendations may be used --
· Plant areas of prairie grasses and/or wildflowers
· Mow small patches and trails leaving the rest in natural grasses
· Construct and set out a variety of bird houses
· Plant scattered clumps of evergreens for cover and nesting sites
· Plant some of the area into a mixture of hardwood and/or conifer trees

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Objectives and Goals

Stand 1

Stand 2

Stand 3

Stand 4

Stand 5

Recommendations:
Wildlife, trail systems

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