THE PRAIRIE ENTHUSIASTs

Land management and stewardship activites in 2023 included: prescribed burning clearing aggressive brush and trees and removing nonnative forbs and dispersing native plant seeds for Prairie reconstruction and restoration. Much of this work is performed by volunteers throughout The organization's 11 regional chapters. Those chapters protect and steward ecosystems within Wisconsin, Illinois and Minnesota.

The Prairie Enthusiasts focus on protection of rare, fire-dependent ecosystems of The upper midwest. Protection is achieved with The collaboration of landowners through land donations, purchases, and easements entrusted to The Prairie Enthusiasts. In 2023, The Prairie Enthusiasts completed The purchase of two parcels of land that are now protected in perpetuity.

Education and outreach activites include: prescribed burn training distributing a publication called The Prairie promoter hosting an annual conference with various learning sessions conducting field tours of local prairies and savannas a staff ecologist who performs landowner visits and provides management advice and offering workshops like plant and butterfly identification.