SOME PERCEPTIONS - Alberta Prairie Conservation Forum

- 1 - some PERCEPTIONST ough HideIn the proper location, the right native grass mixture produces a tough, permanent vegetative cover or hide over land once battered by wind and water. Native grasses provide palatable hay and sustainable pasture vegetation for livestock that remains productive throughout highly variable grazing seasons, generation after generation. Native grasses also provide exceptional habitat for a diversity of wildlife. Further, deep-rooted native grasses are known to be able to sequester significant amounts of atmospheric Than Seeds Revegetating with native grass species requires a detailed management plan including a clean seedbed, sowing seed of appropriate native species, and nurturing the sensitive new growth into a hardy grass cover.

- 4 - The above flow chart indicates the agronomic and management steps to be taken over a three- to four-year period in order to establish a native grass stand.

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